Bitcoin is pure evil
“From mid-2022 to mid-2023, the 34 mines consumed 32.3 terawatt-hours of electricity—33% more than Los Angeles—85% of which came from fossil fuels. We estimated that 1.9 million Americans were exposed to ≥0.1 μg/m3 of additional PM2.5 pollution from Bitcoin mines, often hundreds of miles away from the communities they affected.”
nature.com/articles/s41467-025…
The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications
The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.Nature
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Weltzeitgeist
Als Antwort auf Gerry McGovern • • •Marek
Als Antwort auf Weltzeitgeist • • •@wackJackle I agree, we need to stop burning fossil fuel for power.
If all human power needs were met with renewable energy, and there was still some energy left over, then sure...Mine away.
But until that point, fuck Bitcoin mining. And fuck AI servers for their ridiculous power and water consumption.
Gerry McGovern
Als Antwort auf Marek • • •@kozy138
There is no such thing as 'renewable' energy. That's another con trying to convince you that you can use as much energy as you want, once it's 'renewable'
14,000 football fields worth of tropical forest are cut down every year in Myanmar alone for the charcoal to make Chinese solar panels
Wind turbines use 300 tons of rare earths per GW of installed capacity. To mine 1 ton rare earth causes 2,000 ton toxic waste, much of it radioactive, etc. etc
'Renewables' are a scam.
@wackJackle
Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻
Als Antwort auf Gerry McGovern • • •untakenusername
Als Antwort auf Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻 • • •@veronica It has ultra low monetary inflation
That's the application
It's like gold with extra steps, but overall worth it
Entire countries have collapsed because of the introduction of new gold into their financial systems, like the Spanish after new Aztec gold came in or Egypt after Mansa Musa spent billions of dollars worth of gold there hundreds of years ago. Gold is used because while new gold is always being mined, overall its not a large amount of new gold. This low monetary inflation made it very appealing to people as a currency to this day. When a new influx of gold came in though, this system was thrown into disarray, causing major resessions in both countries I just mentioned. In the case of Bitcoin because the inflation rate is set and always decreasing, there is no such risk.
Also Bitcoin has the added benefit that it doesn't need to be stored physically, sometimes people remove it their hardware and simply memorize a 25 word passphrase that when use
... mehr anzeigen@veronica It has ultra low monetary inflation
That's the application
It's like gold with extra steps, but overall worth it
Entire countries have collapsed because of the introduction of new gold into their financial systems, like the Spanish after new Aztec gold came in or Egypt after Mansa Musa spent billions of dollars worth of gold there hundreds of years ago. Gold is used because while new gold is always being mined, overall its not a large amount of new gold. This low monetary inflation made it very appealing to people as a currency to this day. When a new influx of gold came in though, this system was thrown into disarray, causing major resessions in both countries I just mentioned. In the case of Bitcoin because the inflation rate is set and always decreasing, there is no such risk.
Also Bitcoin has the added benefit that it doesn't need to be stored physically, sometimes people remove it their hardware and simply memorize a 25 word passphrase that when used reopens their Bitcoin account
I'd much rather all these mining farms to be solar powered than fossil fuels but Bitcoin is far from useless
Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻
Als Antwort auf untakenusername • • •@untakenusername Yes, I'm aware of how Bitcoin works and what it claims to offer. It is still looking for an application in the real world beyond libertarian fantasies.
@gerrymcgovern
untakenusername
Als Antwort auf Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻 • • •And that's not some libertarian fantasy.
Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻
Als Antwort auf untakenusername • • •@untakenusername It's not an alternative to gold. The claim that it is an alternative *is* the fantasy.
@gerrymcgovern
Tobias Ernst
Als Antwort auf Gerry McGovern • •Gerry McGovern
Als Antwort auf Tobias Ernst • • •Tobias Ernst
Als Antwort auf Gerry McGovern • •Coho
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