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Ethereum Good Boy, Bitcoin Bad Says Greenpeace – Trustnodes
Greenpeace USA has taken the opportunity to bash bitcoin on the occasion of ConsenSys, Aave, Microsoft, Polygon and other startups announcing the Ethereum Climate Platform (ECP) at COP27 in Egypt. “Bi...
Greenpeace Ramps Up Smear Campaign Against Bitcoin
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 wi...
Greenpeace Blasts Bitcoin, Says Ethereum Merge Proves Crypto ‘Doesn’t Have To Come at the Cost’ of Environment
Greenpeace is slamming Bitcoin (BTC) for its energy use following the successful Ethereum (ETH) merge that slashed its carbon emissions by more than 99%. The environmental nonprofit organization plans...
Bitcoin is Fueling the Climate Crisis: Greenpeace USA
Greenpeace USA – an environmental advocacy group – is calling out Bitcoin for having what it calls an “outdated and efficient” code system. In a tweet on Thursday, the organization doubled down on cl...
Greenpeace shows it has no idea about bitcoin
The Environmental Working Group and Greenpeace have launched a petition to pressure bitcoin to follow Ethereum and switch to a more climate friendly protocol. Environmentalists demand a cleaner Bitcoi...
Greenpeace: new campaign to reduce Bitcoin’s energy use
Greenpeace is talking about Bitcoin and announcing a new campaign “Change the code, not the climate”, aimed at reducing the energy use of BTC mining to be less harmful to the environment. Greenpeace ...
Why Bitcoin Uses Energy
Atomic structure (with bitcoins). Bitcoin molecules Summary: By using energy, Bitcoin is able to issue money in a way that is free and fair for everyone in the world. It hasn’t been an easy deca...
The Bitcoin Community Reacts To Greenpeace And Ripple’s Latest Attack
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 inten...
Ripple & Greenpeace Join Forces For Curious Campaign To Change Bitcoin To PoS
Disclaimer: The following op-ed represents the views of the author, and may not necessarily reflect the views of Bitcoinist. Bitcoinist is an advocate of creative and financial freedom alike. Who’s Ch...
Crypto community attacks Greenpeace Bitcoin demands to migrate to PoS
The Bitcoin community is reacting strongly to calls by environmental NGO Greenpeace and Ripple Co-founder Chris Larsen for a change in the consensus model of the digital asset. Larsen’s Ripple associa...
Ripple’s Chris Larsen and Greenpeace Start Campaign to Make Bitcoiners Give up PoW
Yuri Molchan Ripple co-founder and Greenpeace start a campaign to make Bitcoin stop using proof-of-work algorithm Bloomberg has reported that Greenpeace, together with Ripple co-founder Christopher La...
Chris Larsen and Greenpeace Campaign for a Greener Bitcoin
Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple, is heading a campaign to convince Bitcoin’s community to migrate to an energy-efficient model. Along with Greenpeace and other climate groups, the “Change the code...
Greenpeace Wants Musk, Dorsey to “Clean Up Bitcoin”
Key Takeaways Greenpeace and other climate activists have launched a campaign called “Change the Code, Not the Climate” to criticize Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism. The campaign urg...
Greenpeace, Ripple co-founder propose a change in Bitcoin code
TL; DR Breakdown Bitcoin code might undergo changes following a campaign made by Ripple co-founder and Greenpeace. China recently banned crypto miners from operating in the country. Bitcoin’s detrimen...
Greenpeace, Ripple co-founder campaigning to change Bitcoin code
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 friend...
Will The Lights Stay On After The Ukraine Crisis
Greenpeace activists hold banners reading “Coal-no, don’t burn our future” (Photo credit should read … [+] JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In a song...