Use of clean energy in bitcoin mining and its impact - page 2.

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Quote from: DVlog on September 18, 2023, 08:45:37 AM

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IMO, criticize an action that can push something in a better direction. Criticism is an action that shows concern for an object. In my opinion, criticism is normal and normal, including criticism made against Bitcoin. The groups that continue to criticize bitcoin are the ones who are making bitcoin even more famous.
What is worrying is that when criticism no longer occurs, at that time we will not know where the shortcomings need to be corrected.

It is not surprising that many parties always see the bad side of bitcoin activities. If it doesn't work on one side, they will look for another side that can convince people that Bitcoin is really bad. The result is that more and more people want to adopt bitcoin.
Elon Musk has long said that there are other coins that are better than bitcoin. Others including many governments continue to reject and ban bitcoin. The result is that bitcoin is still there and activity continues without stopping.

The impact on the environment is greater from large companies that do not stop operating. It's not seen as it is seen by those who hate bitcoin would say bitcoin consumes too much energy.

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Clean energy bitcoin mining such as solar or wind power is now far more prevalent than in previous years probably due to the constant FUD & criticism by MSM. We even now have El Salvador using volcanic energy to mine. Clean energy mining aims to reduce the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining which traditionally relied on fossil fuels which contributes to carbon emissions. Clean energy bitcoin mining helps mitigate the ecological footprint of the cryptocurrency industry making it more sustainable & aligned with the global transition towards renewable energy. By utilising clean energy sources it promotes a greener future & supports the development of sustainable technologies.

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Quote from: Helena Yu on September 18, 2023, 10:45:02 AM

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Bitcoin mining do consume energy, but it's not big and they already use clean energy. Just close your eyes when institutional entity or someone that self pro claimed to be Bitcoin specialist talk about this particular thing.

They're trying to destroy Bitcoin, if they talk about mining consuming energy, money laundering, bubble/tulip mania, etc, they're uneducated people.

You're right, Helena. I believe in climate change so I think that it is necessary to make good decisions to stop our impact asap. But when pseudo-philantropists say that Bitcoin is bad because of all the things you mentioned, although those things are true to some extent, IMO they don't pose a great risk and, of course, the intrinsic benefits are much bigger. Cars pollute, banks and fiat are used for money laundering, but those are not, at least for now, reasonable reasons to stop using them. Bitcoin has minimal impact in comparison: why are these reasons good in this case, and not the others?

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This news will have a positive impact throughout the industry, and companies like Tesla are likely to come to the market again as, as Elon previously mentioned, Tesla will accept bitcoin when miners reach the 50% clean energy mark. This will be a major boost for the bitcoin industry.

Institutional investors are mostly concerned about the environmental impact of bitcoin mining. This opens a path for institutional investors to come onboard.

Do you really believe that Elon Musk is going to keep his promise about the "50% mining from clean energy"? I don't think so.
There's always something to criticize about Bitcoin/blockchain/BTC mining. First it was the "environmental pollution" coming from Bitcoin miners. As if all the banks and fiat payment system are using 100% clean energy. The fiat bank/payment systems use energy produced by coal power plants, but nobody is blaming them for this.
Other points where BTC can be criticized are the scalability issue and the volatile nature of Bitcoin. I'm sure that Tesla and the big institutional investors will refuse to buy BTC because of those two main issues of BTC.

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Quote from: DVlog on September 18, 2023, 08:45:37 AM

One of the biggest criticisms of bitcoin was its carbon emissions and its environmental impact. Elon and Tesla were at the forefront of this criticism. Despite this, Tesla held bitcoin but sold it to the market later on. This news will have a positive impact throughout the industry, and companies like Tesla are likely to come to the market again as, as Elon previously mentioned, Tesla will accept bitcoin when miners reach the 50% clean energy mark. This will be a major boost for the bitcoin industry.

Institutional investors are mostly concerned about the environmental impact of bitcoin mining. This opens a path for institutional investors to come onboard.

Environmental issues and the impact of bitcoin will always cause some misunderstandings. Looking back at all the criticism not only from Tesla or Elon Musk, we have also seen many similar debates. on one's own. Like raising cattle, it also produces tons of carbon emissions many times greater than modern industrial machinery, but do people really criticize it? I think everyone will figure it out for themselves get that story.

Regarding the fact that large organizations are interested in bitcoin in many different ways, the way they promote or limit it is similar to some people who want to manipulate prices to make profits in this market, even with Elon Musk whom I also quite like, but frankly his actions with bitcoin are just like someone who wants to redeem himself to gain profit through his own influence. So looking at the problem based on the information being spread, we don't really understand the nature and only like to judge, that is the way to direct the thinking of the crowd that influential people want to interfere with, and in the end it boils down to it is also only a small part compared to the development of bitcoin.

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Quote from: joniboini on September 18, 2023, 09:22:43 PM

Is there any government that is like that though? As far as I know, some governments who use renewable energy only supplies it in limited amount. At least in developing countries. I might be wrong but I remember reading news about how some miners are blocked by electricity companies even though they use wind to generate energy due to how demanding it is.

I guess miners who have the capital would rather build their own electricity supply instead of relying on government/centralized electricity companies that prioritize regular customers. Some miners might be able to claim that their activity is similar to other businesses, but then their profit might be affected too since their rates can be higher than the norm. CMIIW.

You are accurate in pointing out that governments in most of the developing countries have limited sources of renewable energy and their major reliance is on electricity generated by fossil material like furnace oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and electricity generated from major water dams. While, in contrast general public in many of these countries including my own, increasingly adopting solar energy system to reduce their energy expenses.

Therefore, obviously, crypto currencies miners will prefer to build their own sources of renewable energy to keep their operational cost minimum and maximize profitability.

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Quote from: Hispo on September 18, 2023, 08:50:32 PM

If a miner is connected to the grid and the grid is owner by a government who is ecologically conscious, then the miner may get into green energy without even noticing. (Hopefully they may not notice through an increase on their electricity bills an drop on profitability).

Is there any government that is like that though? As far as I know, some governments who use renewable energy only supplies it in limited amount. At least in developing countries. I might be wrong but I remember reading news about how some miners are blocked by electricity companies even though they use wind to generate energy due to how demanding it is.

I guess miners who have the capital would rather build their own electricity supply instead of relying on government/centralized electricity companies that prioritize regular customers. Some miners might be able to claim that their activity is similar to other businesses, but then their profit might be affected too since their rates can be higher than the norm. CMIIW.

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Bitcoin switching towards renewable energies may be inevitable in the end, don't you all think?
There have been jurisdictions which have Bitcoin mining, unless it is done using renewable energies and in general, as the world pushes towards replacing oil and gas as our main source of energy, then so also will Bitcoin.

If a miner is connected to the grid and the grid is owner by a government who is ecologically conscious, then the miner may get into green energy without even noticing. (Hopefully they may not notice through an increase on their electricity bills an drop on profitability).

Also, it is interesting to point out that since the most developed countries are the ones first trying to replace fossil fuels, then miners who can afford to may move to developing countries where fossil energy would become cheaper, thanks to the decrease on global demand.

Let us see what happens.

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Quote from: hugeblack on September 18, 2023, 02:18:17 PM

The criticism directed at Bitcoin is mostly for creating FUD and influencing speculators, so what is important is that this news that talks about 30%, 50%, or even 99% will not change the nature of mining or the price of Bitcoin.

Clean or not clean, in fact Bitcoin mining not completely clean but still cleaner and more sustainable than many industries, profit for Bitcoin miners and price of Bitcoin will depend on cost to mine each bitcoin by miners, supply and demand. It is for long term price but market is affected by liquidations on exchanges too. So weak downs or strong spikes are artificial prices by manipulations and liquidations. When Bitcoin is in stable price range, it is more accurately reflect its value.

Realized price is an interesting chart for investors with long term investment plans but of course it does not reflect initial cost of miners to mine each bitcoin.

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For more than 5 years, I have been hearing about China’s ban on Bitcoin, including John McAfee, and now FUD has become clean energy. During this time, you will find positive or negative articles, many of which may be true or misleading, depending on who wants to move the price.

They did not fud other industries that have lower sustainable energy consumption but only aimed at Bitcoin mining and FUD it.

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Quote from: hugeblack on September 18, 2023, 02:18:17 PM

The criticism directed at Bitcoin is mostly for creating FUD and influencing speculators, so what is important is that this news that talks about 30%, 50%, or even 99% will not change the nature of mining or the price of Bitcoin.

For more than 5 years, I have been hearing about China’s ban on Bitcoin, including John McAfee, and now FUD has become clean energy. During this time, you will find positive or negative articles, many of which may be true or misleading, depending on who wants to move the price.

They have used several topics to spread FUD, but institutional investors are often subject to environmental, governance, and social mandates that force them to invest in sustainable sectors. Their main criticism was bitcoin mining and its carbon emissions. Now that miners are shifting to renewable energy sources to mine bitcoin, this institution can invest in bitcoin without any obligation from society.

Bitcoin mining can boost the development of the renewable energy sector as well by increasing its demand throughout the bitcoin mining sector.

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Quote from: hugeblack on September 18, 2023, 02:18:17 PM

The criticism directed at Bitcoin is mostly for creating FUD and influencing speculators, so what is important is that this news that talks about 30%, 50%, or even 99% will not change the nature of mining or the price of Bitcoin.

For more than 5 years, I have been hearing about China’s ban on Bitcoin, including John McAfee, and now FUD has become clean energy. During this time, you will find positive or negative articles, many of which may be true or misleading, depending on who wants to move the price.

I feel like Musk is very close to McAfee in the way he's hyping people and then backing out of it.
Just to compare: Musk said Tesla would be accepting bitcoin, then quickly stopped accepting it when Musk got his profits from selling some of his coins, then claimed it was due to lack of green energy mining and that Tesla would accept it again if it becomes 50% green. I'm willing to bet he's not going to accept it anyway, despite bitcoin reaching 50% renewable energy, just like McAfee did not eat his dick on live TV.
Musk is great at making false promises. His former wives and girlfriends have something to say about it.

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Source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/crypto-news:-clean-energy-bitcoin-mining-threshold-puts-elon-musk-and-tesla-in-focus

One of the biggest criticisms of bitcoin was its carbon emissions and its environmental impact. Elon and Tesla were at the forefront of this criticism. Despite this, Tesla held bitcoin but sold it to the market later on. This news will have a positive impact throughout the industry, and companies like Tesla are likely to come to the market again as, as Elon previously mentioned, Tesla will accept bitcoin when miners reach the 50% clean energy mark. This will be a major boost for the bitcoin industry.

Institutional investors are mostly concerned about the environmental impact of bitcoin mining. This opens a path for institutional investors to come onboard.

It's a bit of an illusion really and not one that most governments are going to fall for in terms of calling bitcoin "clean". The real calculation is whether Bitcoin is comparatively clean when being utilized in calculating sums in order to get "rewards" for a small group of people versus other potential uses of that energy. Would it be better if the energy from a hydroelectric dam is used to power 50,000 homes than a server farm mining bitcoin for the benefit of one person or company? The general public would definitely vote for the former over the latter if it was displayed in this way. If it energy costs ever shoot back up again, these sort of calculations will again be under the microscope and governments will not hesitate to ban this sort of energy usage, they will frame it as wasteful.

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The criticism directed at Bitcoin is mostly for creating FUD and influencing speculators, so what is important is that this news that talks about 30%, 50%, or even 99% will not change the nature of mining or the price of Bitcoin.

For more than 5 years, I have been hearing about China’s ban on Bitcoin, including John McAfee, and now FUD has become clean energy. During this time, you will find positive or negative articles, many of which may be true or misleading, depending on who wants to move the price.

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Quote from: Oshosondy on September 18, 2023, 09:01:03 AM

Bitcoin does not need Elon Musk. He should fuck off.

Elon Musk only manipulated for people to leave bitcoin for doge. That man will not accept bitcoin for anything, his mission is doge.

After he stopped payment for bitcoin, bitcoin still later increased and got to all-time-high.

What about Tesla? I do not like Elon because of his unpredictable nature, and he has made positive and negative statements in the past about bitcoin. I do not like any meme projects as well, but a car company like Tesla can be at the forefront of the bitcoin market in the future. They have a large user base and resources to accept bitcoin for their online payments.

We can't underestimate the Tesla and the users who use the Tesla cars but if the owner of the company is against Bitcoin then we should not expect anything good from a person like Elon Musk. His main hobby is to promote doge and earn huge amount of returns from his holdings and that's it. He isn't interested in Bitcoin anymore and that's why even if all Bitcoin miners use clean energy he will find another excuse to reject Bitcoin and support that meme coin Doge.

I know that there are so many users who basically are using Tesla cars and they can be very useful for Bitcoin if Elon adds it as a payment method, but even if he doesn't add it the Bitcoin won't get impacted at all. He loves Doge a lot that one day he may invest a lot of money into it to pump its price, and I'm sure he has such plans that he will execute during this bull run.

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Quote from: BIT-BENDER on September 18, 2023, 11:51:51 AM

Cars and industries are leading causes of the environmental hazards in the world today yet we still use cars and definitely use products made from industries in our day to day lives and we believe that Bitcoin mining all of a sudden is our main problem?

Bitcoin mining should not be the big headache to the world in terms of environmental issues although I encourage any alternative cleaner source of energy but Tesla not trying to contribute to the solution is cowardly seeing that they produce electric vehicles, it should be a collective effort because Bitcoin is for everyone and everyone would benefit from it's global adoption.

i believe, this dilemma has been highlighted by media. so they are just focusing on its negative impact to the surroundings. when in fact, there are so many industries that have more environmental concerns than this btc mining.
for sure, even if you show the stats, these media people won't acknowledge the truth. and do remember, media is one source of getting info by most people. not many are doing their job to learn the truth about such info.
well, a lot of crypto mining farms have the goal of using clean energy. so don't know if these people will still blame this type of mining later on.

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Quote from: DVlog on September 18, 2023, 10:35:48 AM

I do not like Elon because of his unpredictable nature, and he has made positive and negative statements in the past about bitcoin. I do not like any meme projects as well, but a car company like Tesla can be at the forefront of the bitcoin market in the future. They have a large user base and resources to accept bitcoin for their online payments.

I don't like Elon Musk either, but that unpredictableness that he possesses could actually make or break Bitcoin and he has done this several times.

But if we ask around if we still need Elon in our corner, I would say yes because his companies can complement what crypto is all about for example, SpaceX could easily adopt BTC as a currency for the future, or maybe make it possible for users to make subscriptions on X via btc ....the possibilities are just endless...

Quote from: Oshosondy on September 18, 2023, 09:01:03 AM

In 2019 report: Study: Over 74% of Bitcoin Mining is Powered by Renewable Energy
In 2020 report: Report: 76% crypto miners use renewables as part of their energy mix
2022 report: the Bitcoin mining network uses approximately 0.05% of the total energy consumed globally

These numbers are way above average Cool

, and am wondering why Musk went on a rampage citing several reasons why he was disowning Bitcoin

and went on with dropping it from its accepted modes of payment for his Tesla EVS & not forgetting the carbon footprint that comes from Bitcoin mining.

With the numbers looking green does this mean MUsk will be back with his crypto rants to push the market price up as he did when he did some damage during his time of attacking miners...

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Quote from: Oshosondy on September 18, 2023, 09:01:03 AM

In 2019 report: Study: Over 74% of Bitcoin Mining is Powered by Renewable Energy
In 2020 report: Report: 76% crypto miners use renewables as part of their energy mix
2022 report: the Bitcoin mining network uses approximately 0.05% of the total energy consumed globally

Bitcoin Mining Council has many reports.
Bitcoincleanup.com
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Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index. Greenhouse gas emission.

Quote from: Oshosondy on September 18, 2023, 09:01:03 AM

Elon Musk only manipulated for people to leave bitcoin for doge. That man will not accept bitcoin for anything, his mission is doge.

After he stopped payment for bitcoin, bitcoin still later increased and got to all-time-high.

Elon Musk knows Dogecoin has smaller marketcap than Bitcoin. It is more centralized than Bitcoin so it more sensitively to be manipulated if he holds enough Dogecoin.

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elon loves DOGE(or thats what he wants the public to see)
funny part is doge is hobby mined by residents which means miners have no electric source control

bitcoin is majority asic farmed, in locations specifically chosen for the electricity source.

in short, bitcoin has always been cleaner than doge even before elon made his erroneous comments

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Quote from: DVlog on September 18, 2023, 08:45:37 AM

One of the biggest criticisms of bitcoin was its carbon emissions and its environmental impact. Elon and Tesla were at the forefront of this criticism. Despite this, Tesla held bitcoin but sold it to the market later on. This news will have a positive impact throughout the industry, and companies like Tesla are likely to come to the market again as, as Elon previously mentioned, Tesla will accept bitcoin when miners reach the 50% clean energy mark. This will be a major boost for the bitcoin industry.

Institutional investors are mostly concerned about the environmental impact of bitcoin mining. This opens a path for institutional investors to come onboard.

Everyday Elon wakes up and think what chaos can I cause in the cryptocurrency space. Well, gone are the days when his opinion on Bitcoin holds any water. Right now nobody gives two fucks about it. We in grown beyond his manipulation. There's already so much data on miners using solar energy, wind turbine, hydropower and other renewable sources of energy for mining and the impact on the environment is close to zero.

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Cars and industries are leading causes of the environmental hazards in the world today yet we still use cars and definitely use products made from industries in our day to day lives and we believe that Bitcoin mining all of a sudden is our main problem?

Bitcoin mining should not be the big headache to the world in terms of environmental issues although I encourage any alternative cleaner source of energy but Tesla not trying to contribute to the solution is cowardly seeing that they produce electric vehicles, it should be a collective effort because Bitcoin is for everyone and everyone would benefit from it's global adoption.

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