Irish farmer Tom Campbell has found a way to use the byproducts of livestock for Bitcoin mining. This is reported by Cointelegraph.
The farmer generates renewable energy using anaerobic digestion. He digests the manure to such a degree that methane is released, which can be used to generate electricity.
He mainly uses this trick to power his farm. However, when there is surplus energy that cannot be exported to the grid, the farmer mines Bitcoin.
According to the entrepreneur, the ‘methane method’ produces up to 700 kW of electricity, equivalent to 12,000 households.
According to Irish government calculations, if 41% of farmers begin to use Campbell’s technology to generate ‘green electricity’, they could generate enough power to supply the country’s entire residential infrastructure.
Additionally, this would help significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, of which 35% are attributed to the agricultural sector.
Earlier, mining company TeraWulf tapped 50 MW from a nuclear power plant to mine Bitcoin.
Earlier in March, the international environmental organization Greenpeace introduced a new mascot for the campaign against Bitcoin mining in the form of ‘Satoshi’s Skull’.
Later, the author of the installation stated that his work ‘was never intended to fight Bitcoin’. He also admitted his mistake regarding the Proof-of-Work algorithm.