SLP284 Steve Barbour - Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis

<p>Steve Barbour of Upstream Data rejoins me on the show to talk about:</p> <ul> <li>Fiat Maxis</li> <li>Bitcoin Mining Council</li> <li>Wind and Solar as unreliables</li> <li>Why arguing about renewable usage isn’t the right long term approach</li> <li>What Bitcoiners should do about it</li> <li>Upstream Data Hash Hut</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SGBarbour">@SGBarbour</a></li> <li>Site: <a href="https://www.upstreamdata.ca/">UpstreamData.ca</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Prior episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episode/27/">SLP27 - Turning Stranded Natural Gas Into Bitcoin Mining Hashes, With Steve Barbour Of Upstream Data</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Mentioned:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://mises.org/library/law-property-rights-and-air-pollution#13">Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution by Rothbard</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/private" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="http://lend.hodlhodl.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Hodl Hodl Lend</a></li> <li><a href="http://compassmining.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Compass Mining</a></li> <li><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://cyphersafe.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CypherSafe</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CoinKite.com</a> (code LIVERA)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stephanlivera.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Show notes and website</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/stephanlivera" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera</a></li> <li><a href="https://plinkhq.com