The True Cost of Cryptocurrency

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By Our Changing ClimateJun 10, 2021, 10:09 am286 pts
Amidst the loud hum of computers, digital gold is born. Churning and churning, hundreds of computers mine for a new form of currency. One that professes to be the decentralized, deflationary disruptor of the modern banking system. It goes by many names, DogeCoin, VibuCoin, Etherium, and Bitcoin. But they all…

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