Researchers invent low-cost alternative to Bitcoin

ScienceDaily
Sep 30, 2019, 10:13 am13 pts
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is limited by its astronomical electricity consumption and outsized carbon footprint. A nearly zero-energy alternative sounds too good to be true, but as a professor explains, it all comes down to our understanding of what makes transactions secure.

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