The topic of bitcoin mining is a controversial one as of late given the alleged carbon footprint it leaves behind, though one man feels he may have found a probable solution. 30-year-old Josh Riddett – the managing editor at Easy Crypto Hunter in Manchester, England – claims he has found a way to extract crypto from the blockchain utilizing cow manure. Josh Riddett Is Finding Greener Ways to Mine Crypto Bitcoin mining has been a hot topic recently, with many environmentalists saying it does irreversible damage to the Earth’s atmosphere. Reports have been issued claiming bitcoin mining has as big a carbon footprint as the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, while others claim that the process requires more energy than certain countries such as Iceland and Argentina. Many
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The topic of bitcoin mining is a controversial one as of late given the alleged carbon footprint it leaves behind, though one man feels he may have found a probable solution. 30-year-old Josh Riddett – the managing editor at Easy Crypto Hunter in Manchester, England – claims he has found a way to extract crypto from the blockchain utilizing cow manure.
Josh Riddett Is Finding Greener Ways to Mine Crypto
Bitcoin mining has been a hot topic recently, with many environmentalists saying it does irreversible damage to the Earth’s atmosphere. Reports have been issued claiming bitcoin mining has as big a carbon footprint as the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, while others claim that the process requires more energy than certain countries such as Iceland and Argentina.
Many institutional investors have thus turned away from bitcoin due to questions surrounding the mining process. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, for example, has rescinded his decision to accept BTC payments for any Tesla-based goods and services, while Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” fame says he will no longer buy bitcoin mined in China given that it still utilizes coal and standard fossil fuels to extract new units.
All this does not place bitcoin or BTC mining in the best light, but Riddett is confident his way is greener, fresher, and better for the atmosphere. In a recent interview, he explains:
Years ago, farmers were encouraged to develop green energy solutions, which is one of the reasons why we have seen solar panels appear in fields over the last ten years, and these schemes came with good financial incentives. More recently, those incentives have dwindled to virtually zero, but our machines are now providing those incentives.
Riddett is tasked with operating a large mining system that utilizes methane from cow waste. This methane powers the several “computer graphics cards” that go into the mining machines. In addition, the company also utilizes several wind and solar-based generators to establish the energy needed to mine new units of bitcoin.
Despite the strength of the company, Riddett claims he has very little knowledge regarding how it all works. At the end of the day, he is the business owner, but could not even write “a single line of code” per his own words. He states:
I have always been business minded, but I am not a tech nerd. I just had months and months of studying the market to learn about cryptocurrency and blockchain while having lots of late nights watching YouTube videos about it.
Things Couldn’t Be Cleaner…
In the end, however, he confidently mentioned in his interview that the work he is doing “could not be greener. He says:
When we started this business four years ago, green energy was not on our customers’ radar, but now it is approximately 40 percent of our business, and growing every day.