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Re: The societal effects of industrial scale bitcoin mining
by
uefbv
on 15/08/2025, 09:24:47 UTC
Yeah, you definitely can't live next to this.  If I were the people living next to Marathon, and there was absolutely nothing that I could do at the City Hall level, I'd put the house for sale.

If it came to your neighborhood, would you still support bitcoin mining?

If I came next to your house, with loudspeakers, playing music loudly enough to be under the legal limit, would you still support the idea of loudspeakers?



People who think "crypto money" buys politicians are for a serious wake up call on what fiat money is capable of.  Bitcoin mining does consume a lot of electricity, does produce a lot of noise, but it provides the world an alternative to a system that is responsible for most of genocide and poverty.  There's nothing as morally imperative as ending central banks, and bitcoin is the only way to do that.  People who wouldn't support bitcoin mining because of this, are completely blind and hypocrites, as they consequently show support for the alternative debt-slavery system that is responsible for a lot more evil. 
There's a statistic: Coal-fired mining farms produce 300-400kg of CO₂ per Bitcoin, equivalent to the emissions of a car traveling 2,000 kilometers. However, this also depends on the specific circumstances.