"The halving is ultimately expected to double Bitcoin’s production cost to about $40,000, JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists wrote in a June 1 note. The cost of producing one #Bitcoin ranged between about $7,200-$18,900 in the first quarter"

40k a crazy amount of energy for 1 Bitcoin in the ledger. #cryptoskeptic that's literally like the average Americans salary.

https://fortune.com/2023/07/08/bitcoin-miners-will-struggle-to-survive-halving-electricity-costs-debt-payments/

Bitcoin miners will struggle to survive the next ‘halving’ event amid electricity costs, debt payments

Miners’ production costs have risen in tandem with electricity prices, and debt burdens have become unsustainable for many.

Fortune

TALES FROM THE CRYPTO WINTER
Some acolytes lost faith, others blamed devils—and some went even harder. An essay exploring what happens when the prophecy of blockchain fails.

#cryptoskeptic

Crypto Winter 2022 Cost Bitcoin ($BTC) Holders More Than Cash https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-crypto-winter/?ai=eyJpc1N1YnNjcmliZWQiOnRydWUsImFydGljbGVSZWFkIjpmYWxzZSwiYXJ0aWNsZUNvdW50IjowLCJ3YWxsSGVpZ2h0IjoxfQ==

EN
I've been in the Fediverse for quite some time (am a Google+ refugee!). Here's a quick
#Introduction:

#French
#Africa living in Benin, WestAfrica
#Marketing
#Freelance consultant (remote!)
#Writer (blogs)
#Jazz and #AfricanMusic
#80sMusic
#CryptoSkeptic

Did a lot more: Intellectual Property, music producing & publishing, sound & music design etc.

Love
#reading, #TVseries, #Cooking (bread...)

#Bitcoin just reached ATH ... of energy waste : >16 Gigawatts (147 TWh/ year) are currently wasted to randomly guess numbers, with no other usage than fueling the biggest decentralized casino on earth.

That's more than the total consumption of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 (~134 Twh per year)

https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index

#CryptoScam #CryptoSkeptic

Organic interest in #Bitcoin peaked in 2017.
It is half as low today as it was in 2014.

All the "buzz" & price pumping you are witnessing today is artificial / generated by big whales and the bitcoin industry.

https://trends.google.fr/trends/explore?date=all_2008&gprop=news&q=bitcoin&hl=fr

#CryptoScam #CryptoSkeptic

Did you know that #Bitcoin is far more unequal than the Dollar?

#Bitcoin is far worse than the system it claims to replace, in every way :
❌ inequalities
❌ efficiency
❌ environmental footprint
❌ safety / hacks
❌ governance
❌ centralization
❌ accountability

#CryptoScam #CryptoSkeptic #cryptocurrency

https://gizmodo.com/bitcoin-s-inequality-problem-is-putting-the-dollar-to-s-1848248393

Bitcoin’s Inequality Problem Is Putting the Dollar to Shame

Of the 19 million bitcoin currently in circulation, just 0.01% of buyers control around 27% of the cryptocurrency.

Gizmodo
I gotta say I've really enjoyed watching the increasing and well-deserved success of @molly0xfff in her role as #cryptoskeptic , and seeing her quoted in Matt Levine's "Money Stuff" sure put a smile on my face!
seems like my theory that #bitcoin will go parabolic is playing out. Bitcoin becomes an exit mechanism as people desperately try to get out of stablecoins and fiat offramp is getting closed off.

Bitfinexed´s theory is usually that pumps are frontrunning bad news. that goes for the other pump from 16-22k for sure. this one feels too rapid and extreme of a pump for that tbh. Might be wrong tho.

The drop will be fucking amazing

#cryptoskeptic #crypto