Why Comparing Bitcoin to Visa Doesn’t Make Any Sense

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Feb 14, 2021

Nathaniel Whittemore

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A reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk on the inappropriateness of comparing the energy consumption of bitcoin and Visa transactions.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

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This week’s “Long Reads Sunday” is a reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk “What Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin’s Climate Footprint.”

Image credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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