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Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world.

Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.

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Tech Life: The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution

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The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution

BBC World Service - Tech Life, The Merge: A cryptocurrency revolution

One of the biggest names in crypto, Ethereum, tries to go green - will it work?

Ethereum, the world's second biggest cryptocurrency, attempts "the Merge", slashing its carbon emissions - what does it mean for the future of crypto?

This week on Tech Tent: the Merge - Ethereum, the world's second biggest cryptocurrency, attempts the Merge, a radical new operating model that cuts its energy usage by 99%. Will it work - and how will it reshape crypto? Also - how a carrot emoji became a cover for covid disinformation. And the biggest, brightest satellite ever launched - will it change our relationship with the night sky?

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