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Scientist, Channel swimmer, Bitcoiner

I am sure 99% just don‘t recognize BTC as “freedom tech” because they don’t know how it works, because they didn’t read all those books that we read and listen to all those shows as we did. It took me 2-3 years to grasp the full “freedom” aspect. We have to teach them.

Geld muss begrenzt sein, aber die Zentralbanken erweitern ständig die Geldmenge. Das Ergebnis ist Inflation. #Bitcoin behebt diesen Fehler.

Fix the money, fix the world!

Die Innovation hinter Proof of work ist, dass es sich NICHT ausschließlich auf abstrakte Software verlässt, um die Transaktions-Historie abzusichern, sondern die reale Physik einbezieht, um den Betreibern, reale, physikalische Beschränkungen aufzuerlegen.

#Bitcoin

Fiat: Transaktionen können vom Staat einfach zensiert oder unterbunden werden.

#Bitcoin: Transaktionen können nicht zensiert werden.

Fiat: Bankkonto kann vom Staat beschlagnahmt werden.

#Bitcoin: Kann bei Selbstverwahrung nicht beschlagnahmt werden.

Fiat: Beliebig herstellbar durch eine zentrale Entscheidungsstelle. Theoretisch unbegrenztes Angebot an neuen Einheiten. Kann korrumpiert werden. Kaufkraftverlust durch Inflation.

#Bitcoin: Absolute, unveränderbare Obergrenze. Nicht beliebig herstellbar.

Fiat: Eingeschränkter Zugang durch perönliche Überprüfungen beim Erstellen eines Kontos.

#Bitcoin: Offen für alle (keine Erlaubnis nötig)

Fiat: Durch staatlichem Zwang durchgesetzte Eigentumsrechte.

#Bitcoin: Durch Konsens durchgesetzte Eigentumsrechte.

Fiat: Staatliches Geld durch Gesetz vorgeschrieben.

#Bitcoin: Freiwillig Nutzung, Trennung von Staat und Geld

Proof of work wird bei #Bitcoin verwendet, um eine unveränderbare Historie zu erzeugen, die von der Mehrheit der Teilnehmer verifiziert wurde.

Niemand kann diese Historie verändern, ohne die Arbeit erneut aufzubringen.

Ein Modell über die Zukunft kann NIE ein "Fakt" sein.

Sind Sie dafür, dass nicht gewählte Mittelsmänner die Macht haben, ihr Konto nach eigenem Ermessen zu sperren, wenn Sie die "falsche Sache" unterstützen?

Ja: Nichts tun und auf digitale Zentralbankwährungen (#CBDC) warten

Nein: #Bitcoin lernen und kaufen.

I don‘t know… that would have been a risky venture. Shoot a moving target like that is not easy. What if the shooter had missed? And why so publicly?

Tut mir leid, ich hätte es wirklich gerne gelesen, aber ab dem Doppelpunkt habe ich aufgehört, das kann ich einfach nicht. Ihr blockiert nicht nur die Straßen, sondern auch die Sprache.

Oh you can very well install iOS apps without the appstore. Via Testflight, via enterprise signing, via sideloading an .ipa-file. I have a few apps that did not come from the appstore.

Replying to Avatar Daniel Batten

In a reversal of the previous years' mainstream media coverage, of this year's 24 article in mainstream news on Bitcoin and the environment

* 18 have been positive

* 3 neutral

* 3 negative

Here they are:

Positive articles (Bitcoin and environment): 18

https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinrivers/2022/04/03/is-bitcoin-really-that-bad-for-the-environment/?sh=2d81805a7143

https://u.today/no-bitcoin-btc-is-not-harming-environment?amp

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/bitcoin-mining-going-green-esg-analyst-says-hydro-power-emerging-as-major-source-ahead-of-coal-gas/ar-AA19jEj7

“Will Greenpeace change its mind on bitcoin now?”

https://www.globalfinancesdaily.com/will-greenpeace-change-its-mind-on-bitcoin-now-new-report/

https://www.sharecafe.com.au/2023/04/14/bitcoin-mining-set-to-turn-greener/

Technology Review - How Bitcoin mining saved a national park

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/13/1066820/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-mining-congo-virunga-national-park/

Forbes – Bitcoin mining is helping stabilize grids through demand response

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemmagreen/2023/01/27/why-no-one-saw-the-success-of-demand-response-coming/?sh=73eb369c3700

Nasdaq – New Hampshire Energy Commission Pushes for Bitcoin Partnerships https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/new-hampshire-energy-commission-pushes-for-bitcoin-partnerships

Forbes (Bitcoin is helping refugees across the world) https://www.forbes.com/sites/faridanabourema/2023/02/13/regardless-of-price-bitcoin-is-a-lifeline-for-eritrean-refugees/?sh=6f9793e17636

Financial Times (mini hydro plants subsidized by Bitcoin mines in Kenya)

https://fd.nl/tech-en-innovatie/1464228/bitcoins-delven-helpt-afrikaans-platteland-te-elektrificeren

Finbold (Bitcoin mining helped avoid blackouts) https://finbold.com/bitcoin-miners-returned-enough-power-to-heat-1-5-million-homes-during-texas-blizzard/

Investing.com (Bitcoin can grow without emissions growing)

https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/energy-analyst-says-bitcoin-is-no-longer-tied-to-emissions-3008266

Market Insider (Bitcoin is now predominantly green) https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/more-than-half-of-bitcoin-mining-is-fueled-by-sustainable-power-1032112511

EFT Trends – Surprising Environmental and Grid Benefits of Bitcoin

https://www.etftrends.com/crypto-channel/bitcoin-mining-has-surprising-environmental-grid-benefits/

Axios - Bitcoin mining can clean up orphaned oil wells and reduce emissions

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/27/crypto-mining-advocate-green-abandoned-gas-wells

Litebit – Bitcoin supporting sustainable community micro-grids in rural Africa

https://www.litebit.eu/en/news/sustainable-bitcoin-mining-rural-africa

City AM – How Bitcoin can help in saving the environment

https://www.cityam.com/why-i-think-bitcoin-could-be-a-key-to-saving-the-environment/

One Green Planet – The sustainable side of bitcoin mining

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/shining-light-on-the-sustainable-side-of-bitcoin-mining/

https://t.co/IqZvRiRXdO

Neutral articles (Bitcoin and environment): 3

https://www.techopedia.com/bitcoin-minings-environmental-impact-a-balanced-look-at-the-crypto-energy-controversy

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Bitcoin Mining's Environmental Impact: A Balanced Look at the Crypto Energy Controversy

techopedia.com

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ethereum-shanghai-update-crypto-rift

Ethereum’s Shanghai Update Opens a Rift in Crypto

Ether is finally untethering itself from mining—and driving renewed debate about bitcoin’s environmental impact.

Negative articles (Bitcoin and environment): 3

https://amycastor.com/2023/02/28/mit-tech-review-ethereum-moved-to-proof-of-stake-why-cant-bitcoin/

The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

nytimes.com

https://rmi.org/cryptocurrencys-energy-consumption-problem/

Thanks for collecting them in one post!

Replying to Avatar Daniel Batten

This is a truth-pump I often use for people who have swallowed misinformation on Bitcoin’s environmental impact from GreenpeaceUSA and friends

Did you know that bitcoin mining is the highest user of sustainable energy in the world? (53%)

Did you know that every year it uses 6.2% more sustainable energy?

Did you know that when it comes to measuring environmental impact - energy consumption is a misleading metric (because if the consumer of energy uses a lot of renewable energy and is flexible enough to use green energy that would have been wasted, more energy use actually helps with the renewable transition). The right metric is emissions?

Did you know that Bitcoin, like eVs is fully electrified so has no scope1 emissions ?

Sis you know that most of the mainstream news articles published on bitcoin’s environmental impact this year have been positive write ups? (Including one environmental magazine)?

Did you know there are a growing number of environmentalists, climate activists and climatetech investors who are backing bitcoin because of its unique ability to help reduce methane emissions from landfills, find a home for new renewable energy on the grid and then stabilise the intermittency of those renewable sources?

And most importantly did you know that if Bitcoin used proof of stake, it would not be able to offer any of these environmental benefits?

Bitcoin is like solar in the 90s. Some environmentalists are against it because of its past footprint but a growing number of environmentalists are in favor of it because of its future

Which environmental magazine was it?