Stephan Livera | Debunking Digiconomist on Bitcoin Mining Impact with Ben Gagnon (SLP478) @StephanLivera | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Ben Gagnon CMO of BitFarms joins me to talk about the flaws of the overly cited Digiconomist’s work on Bitcoin Mining impact. We discuss:

[00:00:00] - Introduction
[00:09:20] - Key flaws in methodology and assumptions
[00:24:19] - Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining
[00:36:31] - Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric

Links:
Site: bitfarms.com
Twitter: twitter.com/hashoveride
Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist bitcoinmagazine.com/business/not-science-digiconomist-bitcoin
Tweet thread: twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116
Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard
stephanlivera.com/episode/470

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