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SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon
Season 1
Episode 487
Published 3 years ago
Description
Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through:
- Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions
- Where do the models break down?
- Media referring to scary numbers in the bull cycle
- Transactions per second metrics
Links:
- Twitter: @DigiEconomist
- Twitter: @hashoveride
- Digiconomist energy consumption index: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
- CBECI (Cambridge) referred to: Bitcoin network power demand
- Prior episode: SLP478 Ben Gagnon
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
- Lugano PlanB Forum
- Mempool.space
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