SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon

<p>Digiconomist (Alex de Vries) and Ben Gagnon (Chief Mining Officer, Bitfarms) join me on the show to debate Bitcoin Mining energy. We talk through:</p> <ul> <li>Bitcoin Mining machine efficiency assumptions</li> <li>Where do the models break down? </li> <li>Media referring to scary numbers in the bull cycle</li> <li>Transactions per second metrics</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">@DigiEconomist</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashoveride" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">@hashoveride</a></li> <li>Digiconomist energy consumption index: <a href="https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index</a></li> <li>CBECI (Cambridge) referred to: <a href="https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Bitcoin network power demand</a> </li> <li>Prior episode: <a href="http://stephanlivera.com/478" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">SLP478 Ben Gagnon</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://swanbitcoin.com/livera" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Swan Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">CoinKite.com</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://planb.lugano.ch/planb-forum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Lugano PlanB Forum</a></li> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Mempool.space</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Follow me on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/stephanlivera" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener"> @stephanlivera</a></li> <li><a href="https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Subscribe to the podcast</a></li> <li>