>I, uh, never said that. I don't see Bitcoin as a currency at all. I stand corrected. >No thank you. Gold-mining is way more ecologically disastrous. If Bitco

>I, uh, never said that. I don't see Bitcoin as a currency at all. I stand corrected. >No thank you. Gold-mining is way more ecologically disastrous. If Bitcoin replaces gold, the environment will be better off for it -- at least you can mine Bitcoin with nothing more than solar panels and wind farms. Well there's just one problem. You need gold as a component in the creation of systems that mine bitcoin. Oops! So we are kinda stuck with gold mining, which we need to do, just so bitcoin can be mined, which we don't have to do. With that in mind, why not just skip to just straight up owning gold? >One way or another, the world is going to need to move all its energy production to 100% renewables, or humanity is going to be in for a world of hurt. But, this is true with or without cryptocurrencies. On this point, I hope you are right. We do need to get off of coal and gas as soon as we can.