Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, Lancaster University
I am a senior lecturer in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University.
My research is primarily concerned with everyday practices and technologies, and how they can be related to energy demand and sustainability.
I am an enthusiastic conspirator in the DEMAND Centre.
Bitcoin's energy use is out of control ... but maybe that's the point?
Dec 20, 2017 18:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency
The soaring value of Bitcoin is encouraging more and more companies and individuals to engage in mining. Mining is actually a process which secures the distributed Bitcoin network, and processes all of its transactions....
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