Kenya teeb tsa nws qhov kev pom ntawm Bitcoin mining

Kenya lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob, KenGen, tau thov rau Bitcoin (BTC) cov miners kom hloov chaw ua haujlwm mining mus rau lub teb chaws thiab coj kom zoo dua ntawm nws lub peev xwm txuas ntxiv dua tshiab.

Kenya sim nyiam Bitcoin miners 

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Ua tsaug rau nws cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tauj dua tshiab, Kenya xav kom nyiam cov neeg siv Bitcoin

Kenya tus neeg teb xov tooj loj tshaj plaws, KenGen, tau tshaj tawm cov phiaj xwm nyiam Bitcoin mining tswv los txiav txim siab tsiv mus rau Kenya mus rau siv lub zog tshaj geothermal lub teb chaws tsim.

Kenya tam sim no tsis muaj cryptocurrency mining ntawm nws thaj chaw. KenGen tau hais tias 86% ntawm nws lub zog yog muab los ntawm cov khoom siv txuas ntxiv (sib faib nruab nrab ntawm geothermal, hydro thiab cua) thiab qee lub zog no tseem tsis tau siv. 

Qhov no yog vim li cas nws thiaj li xav txog kev qhib rau lub lag luam tshiab no, uas, tom qab raug txwv los ntawm Tuam Tshoj xyoo tas los, tab tom nrhiav rau lub teb chaws tshiab uas nws tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv nws cov haujlwm tseem ceeb heev.

Lub hom phiaj ntawm Kenyan lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob yog los teeb tsa ntau lub chaw ua liaj ua teb hauv chaw ua haujlwm hluav taws xob ntawm lub tuam txhab lub zog hluav taws xob hauv hluav taws xob hauv Olkaria, 123 km ntawm lub nroog Nairobi. Raws li Cambridge-based Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI), East African lub teb chaws tuaj yeem yog qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws rau cov miners vim tias muaj peev xwm kwv yees li ntawm. 10,000 MegaWatts (MW) ntawm geothermal zog muaj peev xwm.

Qhov zoo ntawm txais tos Bitcoin mining lag luam hauv lub tebchaws

Los ntawm qhib rau cryptocurrency miners hauv lub tebchaws, KenGen tuaj yeem nce ib puag ncig sustainability ntawm tsuas, uas tseem pom tias muaj zog heev. Mining siv txog 119.5 Terrawatt teev (TWh) ib xyoos twg, ntau dua li tag nrho lub tebchaws ntawm Netherlands, raws li CBECI.

Tsis tas li ntawd, tsoomfwv Kenyan tuaj yeem muaj cov nyiaj tau los ntxiv los ntawm cov se them los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm kuv, ua raws li cov piv txwv ntawm cov xeev xws li Kazakhstan, uas tau dhau los ua lub ntiaj teb mining chaw thiab cia siab tias yuav khwv tau txog 1.5 billion nyob rau hauv se los ntawm miners nyob rau tsib xyoos tom ntej no.

Lub hli dhau los, Central Bank of Kenya tau luam tawm ib daim ntawv nthuav dav nws cov phiaj xwm los tshaj tawm nws tus kheej CBDC.

Daim ntawv ceeb toom hais tias:

"Kev siv hluav taws xob ntawm kev siv thev naus laus zis tsis yog nyob rau hauv nws qhov tshwj xeeb, tab sis hauv nws lub peev xwm los daws qhov teeb meem ceev ceev. Ib qho xwm txheej hauv lub ntsiab lus yog qhov nce ntawm cov nyiaj hauv xov tooj ntawm tes hauv Kenya, uas tau tso peb lub tebchaws ua qhov hotspot ntawm kev tsim kho tshiab hauv Africa ".


Tau qhov twg los: https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2022/06/06/kenya-bitcoin-mining/