The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected


$ 117,515.3
€ 99,876.6
¥ 38,800.0
£ 86,634.5
BTC
-0.33 %
$ 2,939.07
€ 2,497.41
¥ 970.36
£ 2,168.61
ETH
-1.69 %
$ 329.21
€ 279.88
¥ 108.79
£ 243.13
XMR
1.58 %
$ 92.58
€ 78.77
¥ 30.57
£ 68.26
LTC
-4.43 %

Environmentalists and anti-mining lawmakers debating bitcoin mining facility Greenidge Generation’s impact use rhetorically persuasive arguments that aren’t backed by reality. But so do the bitcoiners supporting the powerplant-turned-mining facility. And the debate does not solve the very real environmental problems on Seneca Lake.