Episode Details

Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:

• Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
• Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
• Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining

Links:

• Site: bitfarms.com
• Twitter: @hashoveride  
• Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist
• Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
• Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard

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