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Lyn Alden: Bitcoin's Energy Usage Isn't a Problem. Here's Why.

Swan Signal Live - A Bitcoin Show

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Bitcoin and the Difficulty Adjustment

The Bitcoin network is programmed to create a new block on average every 10 minutes. Millions of machines are using electricity to apply processing power to solve cryptographic puzzles left by the most recent block. The more energy that Bitcoin's network uses, the more secure it is against most types of attacks.

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