đź Bitcoinâs carbon status quo; Tech sovereignty; Regulating AI; Bidenâs climate pledge; North Korean hackers & nuclear honey ++ #319
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Bitcoin as battery
đ The debate about how to solve cryptoâs environmental footprint is anything but clean. On one side of the debate are the evangelists who believe cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can solve all the worldâs challenges. On the other are those who see miners using ample amounts of coal in areas of China & natural gas in New York as a cheap dirty power source.
A report published this week by Square and ARKâs Cathie Wood suggests that Bitcoinâs incredible power demands are actually an incentive for utilities to invâŠ