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: Key flaws in methodology and assumptions Carbon emissions per transaction is a flawed metric Better comparisons and ways of reasoning about mining Links: Site: bitfarms.com Twitter: @hashoveride Article: We Need To Talk About The Not Science Behind Digiconomist Tweet thread: https://twitter.com/hashoveride/status/1512861134537306116 Relevant prior episode: SLP470 Correcting Nyt Disinformation On Bitcoin With Pierre Rochard Sponsor links: Swan Bitcoin CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera

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