landfill

A UK man's attempt to obtain a permit to search for a landfill from the hard drive - which carries special keys to 8,000 bitcoins - was rejected by the UK Court of Appeal.Appeal to appeal to the Royal Court of Appeal: He refused,…

The man who accidentally threw a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins worth half a billion dollars into a landfill is suing the local city council for not excavating the site.James Howellsengraved in history books Accidentally discarded…

AbstractIn this study, we reveal that it is not only feasible but economically viable and environmentally beneficial to use landfill gas (LFG) for digital asset compute (e.g., Bitcoin mining). To support this theory, Marathon partnered with…

In a press release, Marathon Digital Holdings announced a partnership with Nodal Power, a renewable energy developer and operator, to launch a pilot project for mining bitcoin powered solely with energy derived from landfill methane. The…

Marathon Digital has begun mining Bitcoin (BTC) using power generated from methane gas siphoned off a landfill. The 280-kW off-grid pilot project is operating in Utah.Marathon teamed up with Nodal Power on the project. Nodal Power was…