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Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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So far, Elon/Tesla: 1. Bought a bunch of Bitcoin. 2. Announced they were going to accept Bitcoin, sending the price up. 3. Sold a bunch of Bitcoin to pad out otherwise poor earnings, citing their goal of "testing liquidity of the market." 4. Announced they were going to stop accepting Bitcoin, sending the price plummeting. As though he didn't know the environmental impact a week ago? As though he didn't check for liq…

The use of coal power to mine bitcoins recently came to light.

Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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Hope we now can start a proof of stake cycle. Peercoin is dead. What other proof of stake viable currency is there? Only when the energy impact of crypto currency is dealt with will i indulge in speculating that it can be a net good for humanicy

Proof of stake is validation-by-the-rich

I like https://chia.net, even if hackernews was just panicking about a harddrive shortage (proof of space) I can't accept that playing bingo on terabyte drives will ever be profitable enough to buy a data center for it.

Anyway it's the programmability (chialisp) that is really interesting.

Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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Hope we now can start a proof of stake cycle. Peercoin is dead. What other proof of stake viable currency is there? Only when the energy impact of crypto currency is dealt with will i indulge in speculating that it can be a net good for humanicy

Check out Ark coin, its proof of stake since the beginning and they’re doing interesting things that are sustainable.

Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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So far, Elon/Tesla: 1. Bought a bunch of Bitcoin. 2. Announced they were going to accept Bitcoin, sending the price up. 3. Sold a bunch of Bitcoin to pad out otherwise poor earnings, citing their goal of "testing liquidity of the market." 4. Announced they were going to stop accepting Bitcoin, sending the price plummeting. As though he didn't know the environmental impact a week ago? As though he didn't check for liq…

They didn't sell all of their bitcoin, just a fraction, and this is probably another ruse to buy cheaper. There was minicrash earlier that tanked the value >> 10% but it was bought up almost immediately.

Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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Hope we now can start a proof of stake cycle. Peercoin is dead. What other proof of stake viable currency is there? Only when the energy impact of crypto currency is dealt with will i indulge in speculating that it can be a net good for humanicy

We need proof of CO2 scrubbing.

We have that now. Reward block in 100 years. It’s a physical reward of a habitable planet.

Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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Just curious as someone out of the loop, what regulations encourage other car companies to buy regulatory credits that Tesla is granted by producing zero emission vehicles? I know its a big part of their profitability.

Are there not regulations that would encourage Tesla to buy credits to make up for their crypto-polluting sins?

Re: Tesla no longer accepts Bitcoin due to climate impact

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So far, Elon/Tesla: 1. Bought a bunch of Bitcoin. 2. Announced they were going to accept Bitcoin, sending the price up. 3. Sold a bunch of Bitcoin to pad out otherwise poor earnings, citing their goal of "testing liquidity of the market." 4. Announced they were going to stop accepting Bitcoin, sending the price plummeting. As though he didn't know the environmental impact a week ago? As though he didn't check for liq…

They didn't sell all of their bitcoin, just a fraction, and this is probably another ruse to buy cheaper. There was minicrash earlier that tanked the value >> 10% but it was bought up almost immediately.

Sorry for the lack of clarity, when I said a "bunch of bitcoin" that's quantifiably 10% of their Bitcoin. It amounted to a hundred million dollar profit. Curious if they sold any after 4/1.
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