Clamours of circuits
compete to complete
composite puzzles
that compound
their complexity.
Assuring the security
of their concealed
networks as they
pan for digital gold;
virtual pickaxes
and crypto sluices
slice through
implicit permutations,
impervious to the
rust and dust of
distant placer mining.
Straining against the
intricacy of their
imagined interpretations,
giant fans wick
corporeal sweat
from digital brow;
caught in a goldrush
of simulated exchange.
Steaming from the excesses
of their exertions,
unseen miners shift
to cooler climes;
their footsteps
gently muffled
by the efficacy
of their implements.
Bitcoin – a form of cryptocurrency or digital currency.
This poem is inspired by recent research, which has estimated the past and future environmental impacts of Bitcoin mining, finding it to be lower than previously thought.
Bitcoin, often described as a cryptocurrency or a
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