Elon Musk Calls for Renewable Energy Audits by Bitcoin Miners

3 min read | May 21, 2021 04:57 PM AEST | By Team Kalkine Media

Elon Musk Calls for Renewable Energy Audits by Bitcoin Miners — Image source: Robert Way, Shutterstock

Musk Even Critical of His Beloved Dogecoin

Musk even admitted that Dogecoin – the meme-crypto, which Musk has been so emphatic about in recent times– had some way to go in regard to its hashing (mining) methods. He further adding that he favoured a ratio of 0.1kWh, i.e., 0.1 kilowatt-hours – a unit of energy equivalent to 3600 kilojoules. Musk said he calculated it as the total energy used by the system divided by max transaction rate.

What’s the Reason for Musk’s Latest Request?

Last week, Ark Investment claimed that 76% of Bitcoin Miners used renewable energy in response to Elon Musk’s decision to cease accepting Bitcoin as payment for Tesla vehicles on the ground that Bitcoin mining was harmful to the environment. Bitcoin’s price fell 12% immediately following Musk’s announcement.

Despite Ark Investment’s claims, there was some resistance from the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, which claimed that Bitcoin consumes about the same amount of energy as some small countries.

Musk’s Rocky Relationship with Bitcoin

To say there haven’t been some ups and downs (literally) in the course of Musk and Bitcoin’s relationship would simply be untrue.

In December 2020, Musk told a Clubhouse room that he supported Bitcoin and thought it was on the verge of becoming accepted by the traditional finance community.

Later in that same month, Musk announced that Tesla had purchased a mammoth US$1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.

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In March of this year, Musk announced that Tesla would be accepting Bitcoin as payment for their electric-powered vehicles. He further stated that any Bitcoin obtained by Tesla would remain as Bitcoin instead of being converted into fiat currency.

During Musk’s relationship with Bitcoin, the crypto flourished and rose to as high as ~US$63,000 from the beginning of their relationship, where it stood at US$46,000.

Following the news that Tesla would separate from Bitcoin and fears that Tesla would sell its remaining Bitcoin stock, Bitcoin suffered a major crash on Wednesday, dropping to around US$32,000 before recovering to US$39,709, where it currently stands today.

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