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"This Machine Greens" - Bitcoin Documentary - Online Premiere

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Distributed systemsSecurityCryptographyConsensus: Raft and Paxos

This documentary explores Bitcoin's relationship with energy, arguing that mining incentivizes renewable energy development and is a net positive for the environment.

This Machine Greens, presented by Swan Bitcoin, is a documentary that explores Bitcoin’s complex and nuanced relationship with energy. The film is produced by Enrique Posner and directed by award-winning British filmmaker Jamie King whose Steal This Film series (2006-2010) was one of the most downloaded documentaries of all time. Featuring Swan’s Lead Economic Advisor Lyn Alden, along with Alex Gladstein, Nic Carter and many others, This Machine Greens dispels many of the misconceptions about Bitcoin mining and makes a compelling case for Bitcoin as a net positive for the environment. Find out more: thismachinegreens.com/ **************************************************************** * Jamie's next project is a feature length * * documentary titled, TRUST, and you can help! * * * * Donate here: tallyco.in/s/3w1rbq/ * **************************************************************** Follow Jamie King on Twitter: twitter.com/jamie_jk Follow Enrique Posner on Twitter: twitter.com/eposner ------------------------------------------------------- Swan Bitcoin is the best way to accumulate Bitcoin with automatic recurring buys and instant buys from $10 to $10 million. Get started in just 5 minutes. Your first $10 purchase is on us: swanbitcoin.com/yt Connect with Swan on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/SwanBitcoin Telegram: t.me/swansignal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/swanbitcoin Swan Signal Live and Swan Lounge are a production of Swan Bitcoin, the best way to accumulate Bitcoin through automatic recurring buys at swanbitcoin.com. Are you a high net worth individual or do you represent corporation that might be interested in learning more about Bitcoin? Swan Private guides corporations and high net worth individuals toward building generational wealth with Bitcoin. Find out more at swanbitcoin.com/private

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5 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as a documentary that addresses misconceptions about Bitcoin's energy consumption and argues it drives sustainable energy development.

nk1tzon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem”

Bitcoin is a "machine that greens". It will drive sustainable energy development in an emergent free market fashion and take us to a type 1 civilization. link to this video Fix the money, fix the world.
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easymoveton Hacker News • Recommends

On “Bitcoin's growing e-waste problem”

…panic about not having enough. The benefits are apparent when analyzed from the perspective of money as a technology that enables strong property rights defended by cryptography. Robert Breedlove does a podcast on the nature of money which great. This video also does a great job of addressing the "waste" by elaborating on "unforgable costliness" : link to this video All of these "uses energy per transaction" people are being underserved by their news sources on the development of the lightning network, which is like going from a LAN with global broadcast to NATed and routed TCP/IP (Bitcoin is a global broadcast layer and lightning is a transaction bundling / routing layer/network). I mean an entire cou…
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Offpicson Hacker News • Recommends

On “China declares cryptocurrency deals ‘illegal’”

You should educate yourself. Energy consumption is an old myth and cryptocurrency pushes a lot of innovations in this field. There is a great documentary on this link to this video .
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Quindecillionon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations”

Bitcoin's energy consumption is a feature, not a bug. The amount of energy consumed by the network will continue to increase, as it should, as it secures more wealth. A currency that's based on energy has been speculated about for decades, such as by Buckminster Fuller, which he called the Kilowatt Dollar: link Bitcoin is the first attempt at such a money that might actually work. link If you're curious about the connection between Bitcoin and the energy sector these are worth looking at. * link * link * link to this video * link
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lumannnnon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: Software with biggest potential for positive impact in 5 years?”

link - "Bitcoin & Renewable Energy Transition - Bitcoin Incentivizes Green Energy" link - "Can Bitcoin Mining Save the Environment? with Troy Cross" link - "This Machine Greens" link to this video
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glenvdbon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Bitcoin is a Ponzi”

Lots of people disagree with you about that. Sorry you see it as a waste, but we're going to keep using it and dedicating more energy towards it because we understand its value. link to this video
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glenvdbon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Bitcoin is a Ponzi”

…conflating "energy consumption" with "CO2 emissions". It's CO2 emissions that are the problem, and Bitcoin energy consumption is far more green than most other industries. So we have a monetary network that consumes a globally insignificant amount of energy and is more green than many other industries... is it really a significant problem? link link to this video…
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