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Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains

Energy & Commerce Democrats
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The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hybrid hearing that includes both in-person and remote attendance on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. This hearing will take place in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, as well as remotely using Cisco WebEx online video conferencing. The hearing is entitled, "Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains." https://energycommerce.house.gov/comm... ...more
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Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency

4:42

Electronic Waste

11:13

Cryptocurrency Mining

14:38

Bitcoin Mining

15:03

Risks

17:30

Steve Wright

28:49

How Cryptocurrencies Such as Bitcoin Work

33:27

Summary

35:57

Bitcoin

38:55

Comparing Bitcoin to the Economic Value of Other Uses of Energy

46:23

Conclusion

51:25

Inherent Waste of Proof of Work

57:06

Potential Impacts of these Activities on Affordability

1:11:05

How Blockchain Technology Has the Potential To Empower Consumers

1:13:57

Cryptocurrency Related Job Postings in the Us

1:15:18

Ultra-Low Voltage Asic Chips

1:28:17

Outright Price Discrimination against Bitcoin Mining

1:37:59

What Are the Implications for the Bitcoin Network if Fewer Players Control an Increasing Amount of the Mining

1:57:15

The Difference between a Crypto Mining Facility and a Data Center

2:04:45
Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hybrid hearing that includes both in-person and remote attendance on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. This hearing will take place in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, as well as remotely using Cisco WebEx online video conferencing. The hearing is entitled, "Cleaning Up Cryptocurrency: The Energy Impacts of Blockchains." https://energycommerce.house.gov/comm...

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Energy & Commerce Democrats

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