<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 4:09 PM Chris Frey <<a href="mailto:cdfrey@foursquare.net">cdfrey@foursquare.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:55:33PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
> These are spelled out in this video he sent me.<br>
> See how many fallacies and misleading/unsubstantiated claims you can spot.<br>
> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-7dMVcVWgc" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-7dMVcVWgc</a><br>
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Interesting video.  I haven't been following Bitcoin that closely<br>
to spot the mistakes you may have found, but if true, the part about<br>
harnessing the flared methane waste gas was pretty cool, and a<br>
market force I would not have foreseen.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>And that is just one example of how they whitewash Bitcoin by deflecting to <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">these attempts, while actual Bitcoin power use is exactly what the country</div><div class="gmail_quote">or district they are in uses, and nothing more. <br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41">Here is a coal plant that is just for Bitcoin, running on natural gas <br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41"><span role="gridcell"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gmql0nx0 gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-oo483o9r" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFrFsAAzRYg" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFrFsAAzRYg</a><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41"><span role="gridcell"></span></span></div><div class="gmail_quote">Just like greenwashing by corporations ...</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>And here are a couple of videos about Bitcoin's <span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41">"energy use is benign" meme</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41"><span role="gridcell"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gmql0nx0 gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-oo483o9r" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq96L30SK6I" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq96L30SK6I</a><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41"><span role="gridcell"><a class="gmail-oajrlxb2 gmail-g5ia77u1 gmail-qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 gmail-r7d6kgcz gmail-rq0escxv gmail-nhd2j8a9 gmail-nc684nl6 gmail-p7hjln8o gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-jb3vyjys gmail-rz4wbd8a gmail-qt6c0cv9 gmail-a8nywdso gmail-i1ao9s8h gmail-f1sip0of gmail-lzcic4wl gmail-gmql0nx0 gmail-gpro0wi8 gmail-oo483o9r" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGwQhXfB88" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGwQhXfB88</a></span></span></div></div><div><br></div><div>Back to the propaganda video I linked to: the really horrible parts are :</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div><div><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41">- They jumped from historical coinage to the gold standard and the US abandoning it</span></div><div><span class="gmail-tojvnm2t gmail-a6sixzi8 gmail-abs2jz4q gmail-a8s20v7p gmail-t1p8iaqh gmail-k5wvi7nf gmail-q3lfd5jv gmail-pk4s997a gmail-bipmatt0 gmail-cebpdrjk gmail-qowsmv63 gmail-owwhemhu gmail-dp1hu0rb gmail-dhp61c6y gmail-iyyx5f41"><br></span></div>- They equate physical labour for mined ores with artificial computational barriers <br></div><div>(so called proof of "work", and they just equated made up computations with "work")</div><div><br></div><div>- They pose an ethical vs. non-ethical false dilemma of the dollar vs. Bitcoin</div><div><br></div><div>(There may be more, having watched that video months ago)</div><div><br></div><br></div></div>