Mining Bitcoin is 3.5 times more expensive than digging up gold - The Motley Fool Australia

Creating the cryptocurrency uses a lot of energy, but fans have always argued digging up metal out of the ground has a bigger environmental impact.

Bitcoin(CRYPTO: BTC) fans have often spruiked the cryptocurrency as a store of value when other assets like shares and real estate hit turbulence. This is a role traditionally performed by gold for … [+2542 chars]

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