Kraftwerk 3D

I’m on vacation – finally. Time to check out some of the things I’ve left dangling during the last weeks. One of them – Apple Musics Dolby Atmos. Apple made a fuzz about Atmos, so I figure it’s about time to see if there is any relevant media on Music that can impress me. Arguably…

741kwh

A single Bitcoin transaction consumes 741kwh according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-consumption-transaction-comparison-visa/ That is an enormous amount of electricity. You could ride a Tesla Model 3 approximately 3300 miles cross country with that much electricity. That would be the distance from San Francisco to New York. So the next time you consider buying a coffee to go and…

My Problems with Bitcoin

I truly hate Bitcoin. It’s not that Bitcoin in itself is something detestable, it is just the amount of energy that goes into mining one. Today, Bitcoin mining energy consumption is about as high as that of the whole Internet, ex Bitcoin. Just imagine – some people think that generating hashes is a valuable as…