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[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

This is the sort of article that can lose a media publication's credibility. Fast.

In a truly embarassing effort from Switzerland's public broadcaster @swissinfo_en just claimed a long-debunked claim that "Bitcoin emits a lot of energy per transaction"

For the record, no it doesn't. Bitcoin resource use comes through mining, not transactions (getting this wrong is a rookie error). It was debunked 4 times in peer reviewed papers (Masanet et al,  2019, Dittmar et al. 2019, Sedlmeir et al, 2020, and Sai and Vraken, 2023.)

That's why no reputable mainstream media companies make this claim any more.

Oops.

Imagine having done so little research on your article that you
a. didn't know that
b. didn't know that all your peers in the media except you already know that

But the Swiss article gets worse. The author mentioned none of the actual contemporary research on Bitcoin, appearing to have no awareness that since 2021 there have been 30 peer reviewed articles (source: https://t.co/ZrqSYmr5C1) showing that Bitcoin is not only not a big emitter, but it is a genuine solution to ending the era of big emissions by:

- Accelerating renewable energy transition (16 papers)
- Monetizing wasted renewable energy (14 paper)
- Obviating flaring, landfill gas emissions, or gas peaker plants (3 papers)

Finally, the article references its own previous copy, an article from 31 May 2025 quoting the non-peer reviewed hobby blog Digiconomist (which Wikipedia expressly states is not a reputable source), authored by Dutch Central Banker Alex de Vries, whose work on Bitcoin Mining was debunked in 2023 (Sai and Vranken)
Source: https://t.co/0wQFRaT3ZQ

So in summary, what can we objectively say is true about this article on Bitcoin's environmental impact from @swissinfo_es. They have

1. Not acknowledged 30 peer reviewed papers which contradict their thesis
2. Referenced the hobby blog from an author whose work's academic merits are disputed (to say the least)
3. stated the flawed "per transaction" metric which has been debunked 4 times in academic work

Irrespective of your opinion on Bitcoin or Bitcoin mining, this is not a great look for Swissinfo.

Rather, it is misinformation against a technology that has been established in multiple academic journals, by energy experts, grid operators and renewable energy generators as being an important part of the UNSDGs and environmental action.

in short: the sort of article that establishes a news outlet as not a reliable source

Do better @swissinfo_jp @swissinfo_fr @swissinfo_de

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@SuperBitcoinBro Feels like we're grasping at straws here but guess we'll see.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@AvidCommentator @_Checkmatey_ NDIS is a scam. I saw it from the inside. It also makes it much more expensive for anyone to get help that doesn't qualify for NDIS because the rates aren't based on market pricing.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@w_s_bitcoin @BTCMedusa @PerseverusBTC @SparrowWallet @craigraw That's the beautiful thing about open-source software. You can build whatever you want with it.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@KLoaec @Trezor Are we finally going to get Trezor support in Liana? And how about seed signer?

[_Checkmate 🟠🔑⚡☢️🛢️ @_Checkmatey_]

One cannot save for a house in cash and income, because your government inflates and taxes it away.

Thus we must save in assets like shares and ETFs, which also helps grow Australian businesses.

This budget effectively doubles the tax on those assets, which ironically makes it even harder for us to save for the home.

Impressively, you've managed to pitch a solution which purports to help young people, but instead it literally kicks the rungs out of the ladder which is required to even get onto the first rung of the housing ladder.

I wish I was surprised.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@afkumono We're in the middle of the most hated rally.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@pepeHODL21 @realspada @ODELLXYZ Like PEPE right? So much value. 🙄

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@BobLoukas @BitPaine @BitPaine has to stay controversial. It's his gig. He picked a fight with you last year and looked like a fool but no one remembers so the cycle repeats.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@afkumono I don't want to believe it but that sure would be some cheap bitcoin.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@lopp @SimonDixonTwitt I'll take door 3 - an alternative node implementation that competes with Core. Knot that one - a new one.

[SilkForgeAi @SilkForgeAi]

Let me make this simple for everyone.
A $78,000 prize was just awarded to someone who:
❌ Copied my code word for word
❌ Has job IDs that don’t exist
❌ Produced results a laptop can replicate in seconds
❌ Has no timestamps in any execution log
❌ Committed the winning code at 9:23 AM on deadline morning — from MY public repo
❌ The awarded 15-bit result doesn’t even exist in his repo
I submitted a BIGGER result the day before the deadline:
✅ 16-bit ECC key recovered
✅ Real IBM Quantum hardware — ibm_fez
✅ Job ID: d78mud3c6das739i2rlg — anyone can verify this right now
✅ Submitted April 4 — one day before deadline
✅ Their exact curve. Their exact key. EC-verified.
@yuvadm just proved the winner’s “quantum” result works identically with a random number generator. No quantum computer needed.
I used REAL quantum hardware. I submitted FIRST. I broke a BIGGER key.
Project Eleven took $20M from Coinbase Ventures, Castle Island, and Balaji — then awarded their own prize to stolen code and fake results.
They blocked me on X when I asked why.
This isn’t about quantum. This is about fraud.
https://t.co/wkEXJZXB7d
Job ID verifiable: https://t.co/KeiEyABUVz

@BitcoinNews @DecryptMedia @CoinDesk @coinbase @Balajis @NicCarter

[calle @callebtc]

> be Paul Sports
> invent BIP300 drivechains
> needs fork to work
> but it's retarded
> miners control all drive chains
> hashrate majority can steal funds
> needs mining council to turn drive chains on and off
> almost everyone hates it but it's a free country
> nooooooo, you're all wrong!!!
> nobody cares, years go by
> go on podcasts crying about how everyone is stupid for not seeing his genius
> nobody cares
> constantly attack Lightning, the only working scaling solution for bitcoin to date
> nobody cares
> rebrand BIP300 as "true Bitcoin maximalism" because you can now print shitcoins on Bitcoin
> nobody cares
> create company and find investors stupid enough to bet on a fork (like Roger Ver)
> nobody cares
> bitcoiners are too traumatized from the blocksize wars to truly grasp his genius
> nobody cares
> lash out at every single person who's not on board with you (basically the entire Bitcoin ecosystem)
> nobody cares, another few years go by
> publicly attack people from the company account for not agreeing with your retarded ideas
> still nobody cares
> the only solution left is to create a shitcoin for his shitty idea
> actually create a shitcoin fork of bitcoin, call it eCash (it's not eCash)
> affinity scam Bitcoin and eCash at the same time
> publish an announcement that reads like he's having terminal stage shitcoin psychosis

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@CryptoCon_ https://t.co/PKF6wu9wl4

[_Checkmate 🟠🔑⚡☢️🛢️ @_Checkmatey_]

Just to make a point, for the bears who want to see $40k.

You may well end up right.

However, consider that on a mean reversion basis, averaging relative to nine anchors (a mix of technical, onchain, trend, fast, slow etc), it is a Q 0.4 event.

Lower than $2 Bitcoin in 2011.

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@w_s_bitcoin Hodl hodl?

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@the_smart_ape It was always and only Bitcoin and if you've been in for seven years and not figure it out, that's on you.

[Pledditor @Pledditor]

The largest Ethereum layer 2, which has also been regularly praised by Vitalik as being the most decentralized L2, just froze $100m worth of ETH that was hacked by criminals.

Are you finally starting to realize the bitcoin maxis were right?

[BoltAndBlocks @BoltAndBlocks]

@afkumono There were very few people as wrong as PlanC.