There are many misconceptions around Bitcoin's energy use and why it’s required to safely and securely transact cryptocurrencies. Let's look at the larger picture.
App mining is a system where developers are rewarded in bitcoin by Blockstack and other participating companies for creating platforms that community members actually want.
Dr. Jan-Willem Burgers offers an extensive, Bitcoin-specific refutation of Nuriel Roubini's recent testimony before the U.S. Senate committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
OsiaNetwork has asked the FEC to allow volunteers who pool their computer power to mine cryptocurrencies to then donate the proceeds to political campaigns of their choice.
Chinese researchers have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking. And it doesn't seem as if this trend will die down anytime soon.