Will renewable mining dominate or will regulators crack down?

[KovaBTC]

Bitcoin mining has been criticized for its energy consumption but many operations are shifting to renewables. Will Bitcoin eventually become a net positive for the environment through sustainable mining or will regulators use energy concerns to justify stricter control and bans?

[Rruchi man]

Bitcoin mining has been criticized for its energy consumption but many operations are shifting to renewables. Will Bitcoin eventually become a net positive for the environment through sustainable mining or will regulators use energy concerns to justify stricter control and bans?

The truth is that critics will always find a way and reason to criticize, and once one reason for their criticism has been settled, they'll quickly look for another reason to base their criticism on.

This will also be the same for regulators because, as long as they have an issue with Bitcoin, they will continue to look for reasons to crack down on miners and their operations.

[mikeywith]

This topic has been discussed repeatedly over the past couple years, people have different opinions regarding it, personally, i believe energy consumption is a net positive regadless, all of this green world concept thing is just propaganda to me.

[TheUltraElite]

Bitcoin mining has been criticized for its energy consumption but many operations are shifting to renewables.

Cherry picking, a lot of different activities go around the glove that lead to higher energy consumption and greenhouse gases.

if you give those articles importance you are just doing them a favor. I think governments went beyond that for now considering bitcoin becoming a strategic reserve for US.

Will Bitcoin eventually become a net positive for the environment through sustainable mining or will regulators use energy concerns to justify stricter control and bans?

I dont see any bans or anything happening, the number of miners in the world is limited and the energy they use is also limited not making any significant impact on the bills. Why would such regulators even care?

[SimplyMargotL]

Bitcoin mining has been criticized for its energy consumption but many operations are shifting to renewables. Will Bitcoin eventually become a net positive for the environment through sustainable mining or will regulators use energy concerns to justify stricter control and bans?

I've been thinking a lot about how bitcoin mining guzzles so much energy, it is kind of wild right? But I've noticed more miners are jumping on stuff like solar panels and water power which feels like a big win to me. I mean, if I were mining, i'd lobe knowing my setup could run on sunshine or rivers instead of just burning through power. It's cool because it might even help grow clean energy which I'm all about. Still, I get this vibe that regulators might not care, they could keep throwing tough rules at us, saying it's all about the energy thing. Honestly, I think bitcoin's future hinges on figuring out this balance. Like, if we can keep it green and play nice with the rules, I'd feel so much better about where it's headed.

[joniboini]

I mean, if I were mining, i'd lobe knowing my setup could run on sunshine or rivers instead of just burning through power. It's cool because it might even help grow clean energy which I'm all about.

It's hard to imagine that if you're living where the price of renewable energy is quite expensive tho. Not to mention the ROI from mining will take years to make the investment break even. I doubt the average miners care that much about contributing to renewable energy if their profit is not secured, to begin with. That being said, I believe it will be cheaper in the future. Not sure if it will change how much it will be used for mining though. CMIIW.

[philipma1957]

This topic has been discussed repeatedly over the past couple years, people have different opinions regarding it, personally, i believe energy consumption is a net positive regadless, all of this green world concept thing is just propaganda to me.

Interesting but here goes.

The icecaps have melted and the earth was pretty much ice free in the past.

People survived it.

Russia
USA(Alaska)
Canada
Greenland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland

all would gain if the caps melt.

India
Pakistan
Bangladesh

would suffer along with any tropical low lying country.

My guess is Russia can not be prevented from melting the caps.

so the musky trumpeter has switched sides and is fighting to grab Greenland (big and empty)

I also know Russia and the USA  have taken thousand of deep core samples of Alaska Greenland and Russia so they know what is locked in there. Under the tundra.

So My guess is they want to go melt shit method.

Here in the USA mining gear grows like mad.

https://newhedge.io/bitcoin/difficulty-estimator


Latest Block:   888075  (9 minutes ago)

Current Pace:   102.3286%  (1036 / 1012.42 expected, 23.58 ahead)

Previous Difficulty:   110568428300952.7                           
Current Difficulty:   112149504190349.3                           
Next Difficulty:   between 114246818177863 and 114911756164705
Next Difficulty Change:   between +1.8701% and +2.4630%
Previous Retarget:   March 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM  (+1.4300%)
Next Retarget (earliest):   March 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM  (in 6d 15h 36m 59s)
Next Retarget (latest):   March 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM  (in 6d 17h 25m 23s)
Projected Epoch Length:   between 13d 16h 21m 14s and 13d 18h 9m 38s

So I think they do not care if the ice melts and they dot not care how you make the heat. Just make it.