A Course in ICT Sustainability: Are Bitcoin and Blockchain Bad for the Environment?
Channel: Tom Worthington
Date: 20/12/2017

Enrollments are now open at the Australian National University for the course "ICT Sustainability", course code COMP7310, offered online, worldwide.

The course was designed and is supervised by award winning educator, Tom Worthington, MEd, FHEA, FACS CP, Honorary Senior Lecturer, in the Research School of Computer Science, at the Australian National University, and an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Computer Society.

Digital currency is one technology which has environmental implications. Many computations are required to create each new Bitcoin. Even with specialized hardware, this requires large amounts of energy. How much energy is used, and what are the alternatives, is a topic for ICT sustainability students to investigate.

For more details see the free e-book: "ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future, by Tom Worthington: http://www.tomw.net.au/ict_sustainability/