Podcasts: SLP478 Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining with Ben Gagnon 🔗 46 weeks ago
- Category: Podcasts | Stephan Livera Podcast
- Author(s): Stephan Livera
- Published: 14th May 2023 14:27
Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:
- Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
- Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric
- Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining
Links:
- Site: bitfarms.com
- Twitter: @hashoveride Â
- Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science BehindDigiconomist
- Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
- Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard
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- Swan Bitcoin
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Mempool.space
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