There is a lot of FUD about Bitcoin being bad for the environment. What is the truth? Should we be "mining" Bitcoin? Let's take a look at some of the current ways that Bitcoin is being mined and the extremely clever ways that Bitcoin mining operations are using "stranded" energy in the form of natural gas and methane to mine bitcoin.
News and Links
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07283-3
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/21/1112689091/bitcoin-tesla-selloff
https://decrypt.co/105693/sec-coinbase-lists-nine-crypto-tokens-securities
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/turning-garbage-into-bitcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-mining-can-prevent-climate-change
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