Bitcoin and the Environment

An ongoing list of Something Interesting posts on the environmental case for Bitcoin

An ongoing list of the Something Interesting essays focused on the complex and sometimes counterintuitive relationship between Bitcoin and environmentalism. Though they are often misrepresented and misunderstood, Bitcoin and proof-of-work are both profoundly good for climate change, clean energy and the environment.

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The role of energy use in Bitcoin:

• Deep Dive: Bitcoin mining

• Deep Dive: Bitcoin and the Environment

• Intelligently estimating Bitcoin’s energy use

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Proof of Stake is not a viable alternative:

• Proof of Stake will not save us

• The ironclad laws of physical reality

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There is nothing wrong with energy use:

• You don’t need to fear growth

• Bitcoin uses energy and so should you

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Explaining Bitcoin to skeptics:

• An open letter to Elizabeth Warren

• The progressive case for Bitcoin

• ESG investing is wishful thinking

• Letter to a Bitcoin Skeptic (Part I, Part II)

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Bitcoin makes the energy grid cleaner:

• Mining Bitcoin with Volcanoes

• Bitcoin is a machine that eats pollution

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