As more information about the Lightning Network and the intersection of bitcoin mining and the energy sector becomes available, we will be able to compare how far each of Nakamoto’s revolutions has progressed over time. As previously stated, although there will never be a single moment when either revolution will have officially occurred, we will be able to measure the rate at which each is progressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to current data, the growth of bitcoin owners has slowed in comparison to the growth of mining. If these trends continue, and bitcoin miners’ renewable energy mix remains among the greenest on the planet, Nakamoto’s second revolution may indeed eclipse his first. Bitcoin has the potential to become a significant asset in the fight against global warming, rivaling its emerging status as the next global reserve asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The force of Nakamoto’s unintended energy revolution will continue to grow. Fortunately for humanity, it makes no difference which of Nakamoto’s revolutions occurs first. We all benefit from significantly increased money and energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kent Halliburton, President and COO of Sazmining, has written an opinion piece. Though the Bitcoin white paper intended to usher in a financial revolution by introducing the first effective peer-to-peer electronic cash system, we are now witnessing the start of Bitcoin’s second revolution: energy. Bitcoin miners act as last-resort energy buyers, can work from anywhere, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,8,5,11,9,10,7,13,12,14],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crypto","tag-binance","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-digital","tag-investment","tag-market","tag-metaverse","tag-mining","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arialvoyager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}