Any climate finance study that fails to recognize the impact of bitcoin mining has a *glaring* gap

We're financing critical carbon mitigation infrastructure... & it's happening at an accelerating pace... & at a global scale:

1. Methane mitigation: widespread global deployment of methane mitigation infrastructure in waste management & agriculture/aquaculture (gas capture, anaerobic digesters, & gensets), as well as more efficient methane flaring infrastructure deployed in oil & gas fields

2. Renewables generation & microgrids. Bitcoin miners are anchor tenants for generation that wouldn’t otherwise exist in rural sites w/out industrial or commercial customers. They provide a predictable revenue stream for transmission constrained renewables in the US, and help get public infrastructure projects over their hurdle rates in Africa

3. Electrification: Heat recovery & heat offtake agreements that promote fuel switching away from fossil fuels towards greener grids for industrial, district, & home heating. Current projects around the world include the city of North Vancouver, shrimp farms & mulitple greenhouses, distilleries, homes, a European hotel, & a NY bathouse

Bitcoin mining presents a novel way to subsidize + fund public infrastructure, besides the traditional taxpayers and ratepayer pathways. It's time it's recognized a viable pathway for funding the low carbon transition that continues to be underinvested in & the force of good that it is!