SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon

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

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• Swan Bitcoin
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
• Lugano PlanB Forum
• Mempool.space

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