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Tesla stops accepting bitcoin, citing environmental impact of crypto
Thursday May 13, 2021. 03:36 PM , from BoingBoing
Tesla CEO Elon Musk yesterday announced that the carmaker would no longer accept or trade bitcoin, citing its environmental impact. Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are generated by computers performing mathematical busywork referred to as 'mining' and the energy used by this now exceeds that of most countries. — Read the rest
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