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SLP470 Correcting NYT Disinformation on Bitcoin with Pierre Rochard
About this episode
Pierre Rochard (VP of Research at Riot Platforms) rejoins me on the show to correct the NYT’s recent disinformation article on Bitcoin. We discuss:
- Fundamental problems with the degrowth world view
- Factual errors in the article
- Demand response
- Bitcoin mining has zero emissions
- How Bitcoiners should respond
Links:
- NYT article screenshots by Pierre
- Archive.is link to the NYT article
- Twitter: @BitcoinPierre
Sponsors:
- Swan Bitcoin
- CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
- Mempool.space
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