"If you mine Bitcoin, you use a lot of electricity to run computers to perform calculations to get Bitcoins for yourself, which you can sell for money. But this is bad for the environment, because it uses electricity that is probably generated in ways that release carbon. If you were to stop mining Bitcoin, conversely, that would be good for the environment. Can you get paid, though, for not mining Bitcoin? Oh yes, modern finance has solved that one too"
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-10/you-can-sell-the-bitcoins-you-don-t-mine
@MissingThePt
He will, just as soon as he realizes he thought of it before you did.
And then he'll fire one of the people that does things when they can't figure out a way to make it work.
I want to agree with you, I really do.
The reality is that Elon is probably gonna be fine with Twitter, might even make money after all this. The reason is us.
Too many people think they have to live in his circle instead of getting into better geometry.
I'm completely out, but millions of people aren't. Just to be clear: UAW *paid* for a check. Elon revoked it because he didn't want to platform them.
He reinstated and gave Trump his check for free.
Artists still pay him.
Doesn't he do that with his Tesla super chargers?
@MissingThePt agreed. Step 1/ If you don't pay using your twitter account, then you have to pay more...
Step 2/ Once everyone uses twitter. Just charge everyone. This is needed as nobody would pay you otherwise at this point.
Maybe Elon thinks he is already at step 2.
Here's how it will go:
There will be a small HIPPO (Humanitarian Involuntary Personal Participation Obligation) of USD 5.00. For the privilege to disregard the big "𝕏" and access another social media site a small surcharge of only USD 20.00 will apply.
@MissingThePt At least the people who don't use xTwitter are real. You'd think that the only activity on xTwitter is #Musk and bots, and I'm not sure about #Musk.
I don't know for sure. I left that disaster right after the payment for all my shares cleared. It's true. A fool and his money are soon parted.
I've been saying Elon's trolls would love to pay for the option to MAKE non-paying accounts of their choice follow them, while removing the block button.