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Thread by Troy Cross: Once they see how mining balances grids... Once they see how mining incentivizes renewables and nuclear... Once they see how mining replaces fossil-powered heating... Once they see how bitcoin substitutes for more carbon-intensive equities...
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- Jan 10, 2023
by Troy Cross
Thread by Troy Cross: Electricity breaks our simple heuristics, rules of thumb like: “don’t consume scarce resources.” Electricity is both deadly-scarce (looks at those rates in Europe, in Africa!) and at the same time overly-abundant (look at that curtailment, that nega
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- Jan 7, 2023
by Troy Cross
Thread by Troy Cross: 🧵developing an extended rug metaphor--I've been advised to use the word "carpet," but "rug" it is!--illustrating the effects of bitcoin's fixed schedule of issuance, ensured by the difficulty adjustment. 1. Bitcoin mining's total budget is like a BU
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- Sep 6, 2022
by Troy Cross
Can Bitcoin Mining Save the Environment? with Troy Cross - WBD463
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- Feb 17, 2022
by Peter McCormack and Troy Cross
Tweet by Troy Cross: @AB_Brammer @NYDIG ohhhhhh, that is striking. Must read.
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- Jan 10, 2023
by Troy Cross

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