The mysterious world of the crypto-currency
To make one Bitcoin it costs around $1,000 of energy
In Ireland, Tuesday was mostly about celebrating the saving of Christmas. No election, no holiday-time canvassers, out of the abyss of despair came a moment bringing as much relief as when Luke blew up the Death Star.
Elsewhere, well, it was a different story. Around the same time that Frances Fitzgerald formally announced she was stepping down as Tánaiste, Bitcoin broke through the $10,000 barrier.
From the off, pretty much everything about Bitcoin ...