136 sats \ 2 replies \ @shibe 26 Mar 2023
Pretty cool that he's keeping an open mind.
IMO the way people view Bitcoin's usage is just kind of wrong, like saying it uses the equivalent of some country. If Bitcoin didn't exist, all the power it uses wouldn't magically be redirected elsewhere. A lot of it seems to be done with excess power and also in remote grids where there might not even be any place to send the electricity to.
Mining can be an excellent way to subsidize nuclear and other energy sources because you can use it for demand response (see Texas's program for this), essentially Bitcoin miners can sign up to receive electricity at cheaper rates as long as they ramp down operations during excess demand. Thus they're essentially subsidizing the construction of more power generation capacity.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @xanny 26 Mar 2023
The data shows just how overblown the MSM hysteria over Bitcoin mining really is too:
Source: University of Cambridge
TL;DR: Even if you assume the absolute worst case scenario where all Bitcoin mining was powered by the most polluting sources of electricity from power stations that have been decommissioned, mining Bitcoin would still contribute a mere 0.35% of global pollution.
And this is without taking into account how much the fiat banking system uses in comparison, or the fact that the value of the USD relies heavily on it remaining the global reserve currency, which in turn relies on US foreign policy, and the US military industrial complex is the most polluting industry on the planet.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 26 Mar 2023
more energy = more humanity
The earth went WITHOUT ICE CAPS for millions of years. We are actually living in a colder period of earth’s life, it would be natural for the planet to be warming.
Carbon in the air stimulates plant life.
….while nut jobs like “greenpeace” have a plan to use chemicals to blot out the sun.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @ExponentialBTC 25 Mar 2023
Nitter: https://nitter.at/thevonwong/status/1639690663846375424
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @poe7645 25 Mar 2023
Woah wait. This is the actual artist? This is fucking awesome.
throws large brim fedora on yelling "I gotta let the guy who gets the papers to get the papah's"
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 25 Mar 2023
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Darkbulb 26 Mar 2023
Lol orange pilled himself
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fedelang 28 Mar 2023
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsJRBnFXwAUb1e2?format=png&name=small
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Busybe3z 26 Mar 2023
We all have our own personal bitcoin tale
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jorj_X_McKie 26 Mar 2023
Wen Von post npub?
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @stoo 25 Mar 2023
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