Greenpeace, Ripple co-founder campaigning to change Bitcoin code
Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple also joined in on the call, saying Bitcoin is the “outlier” now that Ethereum’s model is set to change. Greenpeace, along with other climate groups, and co-founder and executive chairman of Ripple, Chris Larsen, has launched a new campaign aimed at changing Bitcoin (BTC) to a more environmentally friendly consensus model.The “Change the code, not the climate” campaign aims to pressure key industry leaders, Bitcoin miners, and influencers like Elon Musk, and Jack Dorsey, into moving over to a new consensus model saying:“If only 30 people — the key miners,....
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With a new tweet, Greenpeace USA continues its smear campaign against Bitcoin and Proof of Work. Just this March, the environmental organisation caused a stir in the Bitcoin space when it teamed up with other climate groups to launch the “Change the Code, Not The Climate” campaign. Remarkably, Ripple co-founder Larsen also provided $5 million […]
Greenpeace, a non-governmental campaigning organisation focused on environmental issues, announced it would begin accepting bitcoin donations last month, becoming the latest not-for-profit group to embrace the digital currency. The move, which followed a similar announcement by United Way, is especially notable because Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments or corporations - it relies largely on small donations from the public. CoinDesk spoke with Greenpeace chief information officer Tom Camerlinck, who explained that there were many "practical things" that motivated the....
With the “Change The Code” campaign, Greenpeace and Ripple rubbed the bitcoin community the wrong way. The reactions kept coming throughout the day. Bitcoiners saw through the campaign’s literal intention and interpreted it as an attack on the protocol. And they weren’t quiet about it. In fact, they wouldn’t shut up. Related Reading | Ripple […]
One does not simply change Bitcoin’s code, as the Change The Code campaign ridiculously requests.
Who’s Chris Larsen trying to fool? Even though the Chairman of Ripple claims that “the company is not involved in this campaign,” their latest PR stunt is as obvious as it gets. Another multimillion-dollar attack on bitcoin, once again using the ESG angle and a set of debunked numbers. The new thing is, Larsen spent […]