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Researchers reveal that we waste a huge amount of energy on redundant bitcoin mining operations — where different miners try to grab the same bitcoin.

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Researchers reveal that we waste huge amount of energy on redundant bitcoin mining operations — where different miners try to grab the same bitcoin.