Corey San Diego on Nostr: Great work. This man is up against Brandolini's Law. ...
Great work. This man is up against Brandolini's Law.
quoting nevent1q…y3s7And … another negative Bitcoin mining article rescinded!
This one was from Environment California I pointed out the sources they used are discredited (with evidence) and that they omitted many known environmental benefits To their credit, they took the article down immediately
For context: for the last two years, each morning I do a search on who's written a hitpiece criticizing Bitcoin's environmental track record. Depending on the article, I either write a rebuttal and post it on LinkedIn/ Twitter, or write directly to the author to see if they are open to learning, or both.
Over the years, there have been some good successes. One journalist did a complete 180, and now is a co-writer of my newsletter. Others amended. Several have rescind. Most dug their heals in, but in almost all cases that was the last negative article on Bitcoin they ever wrote. Many of them got community noted, ratiod, one even deleted his profile from twitter.
My intention was threefold
1. Educate and get a retraction and/or a followup piece citing the positive environmental benefits of bitcoin, where there was high openness
2. Educate with an amendment to the article where there was some openness
3. Where there was no openness to learning, make it very clear that writing nonsense about Bitcoin would be held to account, publicly, so that the author did not repeat the offence. The strategy seems to be working, because the volume of environmental FUD about bitcoin is decreasing and none of the journalists I rebutted over the last two years wrote another piece on bitcoin and energy after their original piece/series.
Why do I do this?
Well, when misinformation is spread about Bitcoin, it hurts the Bitcoin mining industry, it slows Bitcoin adoption, but it also stops innovation in the energy sector. It also perpetuates the unnecessary practice of wasting stranded energy, flaring gas, venting landfill emissions and using gas peaker plants rather than Bitcoin mining to stabilize grids.
For Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining to reach its potential, there are huge mountains of misinformation that must be countered. If I can make some small contribution to that, it's time well spent.