The environmental argument is invalid. Very short: traditional finance burns tons, Gold much more, but there's a lot more to it: FACT CHECK: Bitcoin Mining is BAD For The Climate!?<https://youtu.be/DidAwxWaDKI>. Take Care, Rob Laporte Chief Business Development Officer | Founder | Chairman DISC - Making Websites Make Money 413-584-6500 rob at 2disc.com<mailto:rob at 2disc.com> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/2disc/> | 2DISC.com<https://www.2disc.com> NOTE: Emails can be blocked by spam filters throughout the web. If you don’t get a reply within an expected span of time, please call. ________________________________ From: Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com> Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2021 7:35 AM To: Rob Laporte <rob at 2disc.com> Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Crypto Group? Collaborative Project Be sure to vet the environmental implications of Crypto. Read Seth Godin's piece here: https://seths.blog/2021/03/nfts-are-a-dangerous-trap/ Chris Brogan thinks he may have found a more energy-friendly technology called Chia (though it seems to be a big consumer of hard drive space): https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/green-cryptocurrency-chia-less-energy-intensive-bitcoin-crypto-ethereum-altcoins-2021-4-1030373374 On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:49 PM Rob Laporte via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net<mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>> wrote: Hello again, Does anyone know of and/or want to form a blockchain/cryptocurrency group in this area? I'm also floating here an idea. Using skills I've developed over 25 years at my firm, I have made a system for vetting cryptocurrencies to invest in. It makes very efficient the process of scoring several key attributes according to underlying data provided by Messari.io and other resource websites. Even with efficiency, however, it takes time, and I imagine organizing a small group where each person tackles one of ~20 sectors. This is a personal project, and I’m not selling anything. In fact, I’m gladly giving away the fruits of a lot of labor on this system, in hopes that a group will use it, and no doubt improve it, to create mutual benefit. Take Care, Rob Laporte Chief Business Development Officer | Founder | Chairman DISC - Making Websites Make Money 413-584-6500 rob at 2disc.com<mailto:rob at 2disc.com> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/2disc/> | 2DISC.com<https://www.2disc.com> NOTE: Emails can be blocked by spam filters throughout the web. If you don’t get a reply within an expected span of time, please call. _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net<mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -- Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur" ________________________________________________ Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame * Certified speaker: International Platform Association http://goingbeyondsustainability.com mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com<mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com> 413-586-2388 Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books. Latest: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson) Watch my TEDx Talk, "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World" http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809 (move your mouse to "event videos") _________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20210509/aae4b9ed/attachment-0001.html>