Misconceptions about Bitcoin’s energy usage have dogged the cryptocurrency almost since its creation. In Part 3 of Follow the Money Peter McCormack travels to Texas and Oklahoma to discover the truth about the Bitcoin mining industry.

From Bars To Bitcoin tells the story of Justin Rhedrick, a former convict turned Bitcoin entrepreneur, who is on-boarding the global Black community to Bitcoin.

In Part 2 of Follow the Money, I travel to my home town of Bedford to look at how families and businesses are coping with inflation and what they understand about it.

El Salvador could be the catalyst for the most audacious economic experiment since Bretton Woods. On September 7th 2021, they became the first country in the world to make the nascent digital currency, Bitcoin, legal tender. If other countries follow, it could lead to a new international monetary system. How did this come to pass? And what does it mean for Salvadorians?