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The small post-Soviet republic has managed to take a leading position in the cryptocurrency market. According to the World Bank, almost 5% of Georgians have bought or mined cryptocurrency.
According to research, the bitcoin network currently consumes as much electricity as the whole of Ireland, and by the end of the year this figure will be 0.5 percent of all electricity consumed in the world.
MIT students have invented a way to mine cryptocurrency by playing the classic arcade game Dance Dance Revolution.
According to the latest research from Fundstrat Global Advisors, the price of bitcoin will reach $36,000 by the end of 2019.
Samsung Electronics reported a 58 percent increase in profit in the first quarter of 2018 due to the sale of chips used in cryptocurrency mining equipment.
According to Xinhua News Agency, after a local power company noticed a sudden jump in electricity consumption, a significant loss was discovered on one of the electrical lines.
Many private mining farms are at risk of bankruptcy due to the high cost of the process. Only the largest companies will be able to remain in this market in the near future.
In anticipation of government regulation of the crypto market, Russians are preparing to mine, rolling up their sleeves, and purchasing “gray” equipment from China.
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