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Blake King (Galaxy Digital) on Mining, Transmission, and Curtailment (EP.362)

On The Brink with Castle Island

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Are You Adding Load to the System?

Adam Surtum: Bitcoin miners can prove that the electrons they're using would be like low carbon electrons. But if you lay claim to all the future renewable energy credits, then you don't get them, he says. "You're potentially undoing" megawatt hour of renewable energy for a new site's electricity use, Surtum argues. 'Why does the philosophy have to take this punitive malthusian, like stance specifically with Bitcoin'

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