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‘Patient zero’ of Bitcoin gaslighting was Digiconomist in 2018: ESG analyst

DIGIT — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:51:11 +0000

Bitcoin environmentalist Daniel Batton criticized the methods used by Digiconomist founder Alex de Vries to assess Bitcoin’s environmental impact.

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Comparing the True Costs of Gold Mining in Africa With Those of Bitcoin Mining

DIGIT — Mon, 24 May 2021 09:00:55 +0000

When billionaire Elon Musk announced that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles, the price of the crypto asset tanked. In justifying this decision, Musk cited bitcoin mining’s inefficient use of electricity as well as its impact on the environment. In fact, before Musk waded into this debate, many opponents […]

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Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research Shows

DIGIT — Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:17 +0000

A new report shows that the banking system consumes more than twice the amount of energy that bitcoin does. The authors analyzed bitcoin’s energy usage and compared it to the banking and gold industries. Banking System Consumes Much More Energy Than Bitcoin Galaxy Digital published a report last week entitled “On Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption: A […]

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