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Meet The Man Behind Bitcoin: Gavin Andresen

HuffPost Tech spoke with Gavin Andresen, the chief scientist behind bitcoin, the world's first online, decentralized currency.
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Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint As Large As Las Vegas, Researchers Say

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich and MIT found the virtual currency is responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as a large Western city.
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