3 ms·
> The overwhelming majority of Bitcoin power usage is already green and that will only increase. Is there any source for this, the first part, that it is curre
by bootlooped 5y ago
> The overwhelming majority of Bitcoin power usage is already green and that will only increase.
Is there any source for this, the first part, that it is currently powered overwhelmingly by green energy? Anything I can find suggests otherwise. And the part of the claim that Bitcoin will use a greater share of green energy in the future is not very meaningful if you expect that is also true of every other industry.
https://theconversation.com/bitcoin-isnt-getting-greener-four-environmental-myths-about-cryptocurrency-debunked-155329 https://theconversation.com/bitcoin-isnt-getting-greener-fou...
https://www.infokreek.com/green-bitcoin-the-impact-and-importance-of-energy-use-for-pow/ https://www.infokreek.com/green-bitcoin-the-impact-and-impor...
https://medium.com/crypto-lucid/enough-with-bitcoins-greenwashing-bitcoin-uses-mainly-fossil-energy-b83256d693bc https://medium.com/crypto-lucid/enough-with-bitcoins-greenwa...
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/05/bitcoin-mining-fossil-fuel-plants-alive-greenidge-dresden-new-york/ https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/05/bitcoin-mini...