On The Path to Normality
A recent Gallup poll from June 2021 finds that Americans are quickly on the path to resuming many aspects of their lives after 15 months of fear and shut-downs that affected the world. Increasing numbers are evident as we put…
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Internet Users In The World
It is reported that there were 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide as of January 2021. This is 59.5 percent of the global population with 92.6 percent (4.32 billion) accessing the internet via mobile devices. Notably, 4.2 billion are active…
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Top Companies By Market Capitalization
Apple was the world’s largest company with a market capitalization of 2.25 trillion U.S. dollars as of April 2021. Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a single share. In regard…
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Energy Consumption of Bitcoin Transactions
Average energy consumption for Bitcoin versus Visa transactions was analyzed recently. One Bitcoin transaction uses 1200.08 kWH versus 148.63 kWH for one hundred thousand Visa transactions. These estimates were based on May 2021 income and costs of miners and the…
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