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Bitcoin used for crime is a lazy and incorrect take.
The use of virtual assets for money laundering continues to remain far below that of fiat currency
home.treasury.gov/system/files...
I'm not saying Bitcoin is perfect—energy debates are complex. But dismissing it outright ignores these studies.
Final batch:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
... up to ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/101... (22 total linked).
So: Is Bitcoin's energy use a bug... or could flexible demand be a feature for a greener grid?
Even more recent ones:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16...
What if mining flares methane (a potent GHG) instead of venting it? That's one angle explored.
Continuing:
8. accedacris.ulpgc.es/handle/10553...
9. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
10. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
These aren't blog posts—they're from journals like PNAS, RSC, MDPI, IEEE.
More:
5. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
6. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
7. www.cell.com/heliyon/full...
Ask yourself: Why would 20+ academic papers highlight benefits if it's all doom?
2. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
3. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
4. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Many focus on grid balancing, methane mitigation, or renewables integration.
Curious yet? Here's a sample of peer-reviewed work showing potential upsides (not denying all concerns, but challenging the "purely destructive" narrative):
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... — on sustainable chem eng benefits
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Think about this: What happens to extra renewable energy that has nowhere to go? Often it's curtailed (wasted).
Bitcoin miners can turn on/off quickly. Could they monetize that waste and incentivize building more renewables?
Papers explore exactly this angle.
Question: Does Bitcoin mining really just burn fossil fuels mindlessly?
Or could its flexible, interruptible demand help stabilize grids with lots of renewables (like wind/solar that sometimes produce excess)?
Several studies suggest yes—mining can act like a "battery" by soaking up surplus power.
Have you ever wondered: if Bitcoin uses so much energy, could that energy use actually help solve environmental problems instead of creating them?
Many assume it's just wasteful. But what if some of the energy is "stranded" or wasted otherwise?
Let's explore peer-reviewed research together. 🧵
Lazy fucks.
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GPUs are incapable of providing any legitimate hash, more likely shitcoin of some sort that can GPU mine.
The US Government is insolvent.
No panic here.
GPUs are not used for Bitcoin mining since ASIC came out a decade ago now.
finally someone on this app using their brain a bit. cheers.
or are they just the use cases you are focused on.
Nah, politics are theater. The state marches on extracting from its constituents regardless.
9 days for what?
A state that must inflate to survive cannot protect the purchasing power of its currency.
Bitcoin doesn’t rely on the state.
38T in debt and you think this trains stops? The US gov is insolvent. prepare yourself.
Refinancing waves historically coincide with BTC strength.
When liquidity injections occur (QE or stealth-QE), Bitcoin front-runs the effect because it reprices first, fastest, and globally.
TradFi reprices downward under tightening; Bitcoin reprices upward under debasement.
Bonds lose duration value. Equities lose discounted cash-flow value. Bitcoin isn’t a cash-flow asset. It’s a monetary asset. Its valuation tracks liquidity conditions, not earnings.
Bitcoin’s supply schedule is indifferent to this cycle.
Fixed issuance + shrinking float + halvings means every marginal unit of monetary expansion in fiat strengthens BTC’s relative scarcity.
Short-duration U.S. debt structure forces rapid repricing.
As rates reset, interest expense compounds. The system can’t delever. It can only inflate.