Python code for Bitcoin landfill mining article
The Python code replicates results and figures from: Rudd MA et al 2024. An integrated landfill gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework
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Murray Rudd
Dr. Murray Rudd is an applied environmental microeconomist and policy researcher. His full attention is now on Bitcoin’s economic, social, technical and environmental impacts and potential.
40 bits: what the Coldcard failure reveals about trust in Bitcoin self-custody
What we know now: on July 31, 2026, an attacker swept roughly 594 BTC – about USD $38 million – from approximately 500 single-signature Bitcoin Coldcard wallets.
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Bitcoin mining using landfill gas - model code
Python code replicates results and reproduces Figures from Rudd et al. 2024. An integrated landfill gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework. Journal of Cleaner Production
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