In addition to physical landscape damage, mining operations create sediment containing heavy metals which settle into surrounding soil, or are carried by wind or water to contaminate rivers or other land areas. These metals aren’t biodegradable so the soil stays contaminated without corrective action. How is land restored after miningRead More →
The lower edge of the aperture should be two inches above the bottom of the measuring box, and the plank five inches high above the aperture, thus making a six-inch head above the center of the stream. Each square inch of this opening represents a miners’ inch, which is equalRead More →
Like gold, bitcoin cannot simply be created arbitrarily; it requires work to “extract.” While gold must be extracted from the physical earth, bitcoin must be “mined” via computational means. Bitcoin also has a stipulation—set forth in its source code—that it must have a limited and finite supply. Which block chainRead More →