Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bitcoin mining is booming, and it uses a ton of energy. Mining businesses today are flocking anywhere they can get cheap energy, and promising to make efforts to be more green.

In this Cryptoland roundtable, VICE News’s Krishna Andavolu sits down with Alice Hines from VICE News, Motherboard’s Audrey Carleton, and Digiconomist’s Alex De Vries to talk about how mines are dealing with their energy needs, and what that means for the environment.

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