Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet

Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by nprz on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:58PM (#26390703)

We can (and China already does) use energy that would otherwise be wasted to mine bitcoin: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1369007894969122816?s...

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by zacmps on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:56PM (#26391426)

This only holds water if you completely disconnect supply from demand, which is obviously ridiculous.

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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by mr_woozy on Monday March 08, 2021 @07:08PM (#26393446)

Same here in Iceland where we mine 11% of the btc Network.

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