Musk talks to Bitcoin miners about green energy use
[24.05.21] 22:18:00
Elon Musk published a tweet on Monday, saying he had a meeting with Bitcoin miners of North America, where they agreed to reveal current and planned usage of renewable energy. He described the deal as "potentially promising" following his criticism of energy use in Bitcoin mining.
"Spoke with North American Bitcoin miners. They committed to publish current & planned renewable usage & to ask miners WW to do so. Potentially promising," Musk's tweet read. The meeting was hosted by MicroStrategy CEO, who said that the miners "agreed to form the Bitcoin Mining Council to promote energy usage transparency & accelerate sustainability initiatives worldwide".
Several minutes later Musk also asked his subscribers to submit their ideas on how to help Dogecoin. Cryptocurrency prices continued to rally after Musk's messages. Bitcoin gained 18.02%, Ether soared 29.58%, while Doge jumped 22.24% at 4:17 pm ET.