Moreover the report highlights that about 80 percent of mining is powered by renewable energy.
Solar panel bitcoin mining.
Bitcoin mining with solar.
In 2015 a bitcoin fan took to youtube to show off his bitcoin solar powered mining farm.
Renewable energy to power the cryptocurrency revolution.
According to the authors the study shows that most bitcoin mining occurs in global regions containing available sources of renewable energy.
As bitcoin started to grab the attention of everyone in mid 2017 one reddit user posted about their solar mining operation in the southwest desert.
They explained that each of their miners was producing about 007 bitcoin each day at the time thanks to solar power.
Once you have paid for the solar panel system itself the cost of mining is virtually free.
As the arguments have rumbled on some people have been focused on mining coins with renewable energy.
The use of solar panels is becoming more cost effective than standard electricity.
They said the power consumption of their s3 antminer was actually being offset by the power of the sun s energy thanks to their solar panels.