52 sats \ 1 reply \ @0fje0 30 Nov 2023 \ on: Bitcoin Uses Water? These are the same outlets that lie about everything else bitcoin
I wanted to see how widespread this nonsense is, because the outlets seen in your screenshots aren't exactly the worst MSM has to offer (although, that's debatable).
Not surprisingly, it's "all over the internet". For example:
- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67564205
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112406.htm
- https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-bitcoin-transaction-backyard-pool.html
- https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/11/29/just-one-bitcoin-transaction-consumes-the-same-amount-of-water-used-to-fill-a-swimming-poo
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2404219-a-single-bitcoin-transaction-uses-enough-water-to-fill-a-swimming-pool/
- https://article.wn.com/view/2023/11/30/A_single_bitcoin_transaction_uses_enough_water_to_fill_a_swi/
- https://bashk.tv/en/news/article/266384/Every-Bitcoin-payment-uses-a-swimming-pool-of-water
- https://www.iscaninfo.com/article/14163443/Every-Bitcoin-payment-%27uses-a-swimming-pool-of-water%27
- https://www.gocryptoblogs.com/learning/what-is-blockchain/every-bitcoin-payment-uses-a-swimming-pool-of-water/
- https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/bitcoin-transactions-water-consumption-rivals-swimming-pools-says-new-study-93CH-3253512
- https://www.firstpost.com/tech/the-real-cost-of-bitcoin-each-transaction-uses-about-a-swimming-pools-worth-of-water-13449212.html
- https://bbcgossip.com/science-tech/every-bitcoin-payment-uses-a-swimming-pool-of-water/
- https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/every-bitcoin-payment-uses-swimming-155942987.html
- https://www.onenewspage.com/n/World/1zpogenpek/Every-Bitcoin-payment-uses-swimming-pool-of.htm
- https://www.bollyinside.com/news/technology/new-study-shows-bitcoin-transactions-use-equivalent-of-a-backyard-swimming-pool-of-water/
- https://www.gocryptoblogs.com/learning/what-is-blockchain/every-bitcoin-payment-uses-a-swimming-pool-of-water/
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