I have a layman’s perspective of bitcoin and energy use. I recently spoke to a colleague who regurgitated the ‘bitcoin bad because of energy’ and struggled to explain to them why it was more complex this it first appears.

- Bitcoin uses stranded energy

- Bitcoin uses wasted energy

- Bitcoin helps flatten the demand/supply of energy during the day

What other explanations could I have mentioned? What other angle should I have taken?

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IMHO, let them get BTC at the price they deserve.

I’m in agreement.m generally. I also would like to know other angles for my own mental model and understanding 🧠

I recently created a presentation about BTC and ESG, here the key slides. Happy to share the full document if you want

Fantastic - thank you

Thanks for sharing. Yes, I would be interested in the full document if possible. 🙏

Whoopsie sorry was a bit slow and couldn’t find a PDF upload function on nostr

Here you go: https://file.io/TH0qji1EE5NB

Any feedback welcome! 🙏🏼

Thanks for sharing. Addition: Bitcoin makes new power plants, for example in remote area’s, economically more viable.

Very to - I should have mentioned what gridless are doing in africa!

Also: Bitcoin is the ultimate driver of energy innovation.

Also true - I imagine this point will be more evidenced in the future. As I doubt we’ve seen this effect to its fullest yet.