SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon
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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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