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Ethereum Merge: A cryptocurrency 'going green'

The second biggest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, is set to switch over to a new operating model that it says uses 99.9% less energy.

Called The Merge, the change has been planned for eight years, and is designed to answer critics who reject cryptocurrency on environmental grounds.

14 September 2022

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