Thank you for posting this. I've been interested in bitcoin but have been under the impression it's bad for the environment and hope to find in your book a correction to that information. Have a beautiful day!

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You’re welcome. While I do touch on the topic, if this is your main concern I highly recommend checking out the incredible work by Daniel nostr:npub13lkyycj8s3da6fhndtj0wd6s3s2ahmq86s7wrruvzd4tnc66cgfqn4lpsy and Troy nostr:npub1n3sjlzmhpu8rl56umtptc4lua6zkretq2p82yhytnmlcuq639vlqd0te5l among others.

Here’s a recent pod Daniel was working on that you might appreciate: nostr:note18xtwmhpsj5vcnd777kfq7rnlez76pam6wkt4ggp25qfnsv3l9x7s777et6

That was my first impression too… until I did some digging and realized that was based on a misleading academic op-Ed from an employee of a central bank (Alex de Vries) that got massive media amplification. It’s since been refuted but the damage was done. The real story is very very different. https://batcoinz.com/why-climate-action-doesnt-just-benefit-from-bitcoin-mining-it-requires-it/