5 - The Energy Hunt
from Part II - Weak Links
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
Summary
In this chapter, the author discusses blockchain's energy problem. Beginning with an account of Boden, Sweden's emergence as the "Node Pole," the chapter explores how much energy the blockchain is consuming, why it is consuming as much as it is, and what can be done about it.
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- Blockchain DemocracyTechnology, Law and the Rule of the Crowd, pp. 122 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020