Elon Musk Wants “50% Clean Energy Bitcoin Mining,” How Do We Determine That?

On Sunday, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk tweeted that when there’s “confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions.” However, there’s a big problem with this goal, as nobody knows exactly how to measure 50% clean energy usage let alone precisely where miners are geographically located. Can Elon Musk’s 50% Clean Energy Goal Be Met? Elon Musk and a number of billionaires have a lot to say these days and it seems Musk can move the price of BTC with a single tweet. It surely....

Crypto mining companies leveraging renewables may also have a much larger impact on clean energy for the environment. Bitcoin (BTC) may be the last thing one might consider when thinking about ways to ensure a clean-energy future. This has especially become the case following a tweet sent by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk back in May, in which he stated that Tesla would stop accepting BTC payments due to the increasing usage of fossil fuels for mining. Yet raising awareness around the high energy costs typically associated with Bitcoin mining didn’t negatively impact the crypto ecosystem — in....

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted earlier this Sunday that the electric carmaker would resume its Bitcoin transactions once verified crypto mining operations utilise more renewable energy.  “When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50 percent) clean energy usage by miners with [a] positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions,” he wrote.  This is inaccurate. Tesla […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that when there is “confirmation of reasonable (about 50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend,” his electric car company will start accepting bitcoin for payments again. Elon Musk Reveals When Tesla Will Resume Accepting Bitcoin Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about when Tesla will resume accepting bitcoin for payments Sunday. He wrote: When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions. Tesla began accepting bitcoin for....

Bitcoin mining energy consumption has been one of the most addressed issues in the crypto space. Concerns over its energy consumption and environmental impact had been reasons cited during the China crackdown that saw miners exit out of the region en masse. The once bitcoin mining capital of the world had seen its hashrate crumble to zero following this move. Automotive manufacturer Tesla had also cited the same reasons when it had removed BTC payments option for its electric vehicles after implementing barely two months earlier. According to CEO Elon Musk, the EV manufacturer planned on....