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Lorenzo Vallecchi

Lorenzo Vallecchi

A new system of survival

Bitcoin mining and AI data centers in renewable energy systems hint at a new hybridization of industries, moral codes, and business models

Sep 28

A new system of survival

Sep 28

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Where bitcoin stands

I have a friend who is politically on the left, progressive on social issues. He’s also skeptical about bitcoin. This article is for him.

Dec 31, 2022

Where bitcoin stands

Dec 31, 2022

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Is Bitcoin Mining’s Climate-Saving Potential Being Overestimated?

Possible exaggerations about bitcoin’s contribution to climate action risk disappointing proponents and being exploited by critics.

Aug 30, 2022

Is Bitcoin Mining’s Climate-Saving Potential Being Overestimated?

Aug 30, 2022

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Bitcoin Sunset Mining: Has Its Time Come?

A discussion about putting a “sunset clause” to using stranded fossil gas to mine bitcoin.

Jun 11, 2022

Bitcoin Sunset Mining: Has Its Time Come?

Jun 11, 2022

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Bitcoin City should be based on energy economics just as much as energy marketing

Why volcano energy alone might not be the best fit for El Salvador’s President’s dream city.

Feb 12, 2022

Bitcoin City should be based on energy economics just as much as energy marketing

Feb 12, 2022

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Is the 2-week pace of Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment Too Slow?

If bitcoin mining & the power grid integrate into a single money-energy system, more frequent difficulty adjustments might be in order.

Oct 17, 2021

Is the 2-week pace of Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment Too Slow?

Oct 17, 2021

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Bitcoin Is Neutral, Politically Agnostic, Fundamentally Non-Aligned

There is nothing in bitcoin the software, the network and the asset that preconditions it and its users to espouse “left” vs “right”…

Sep 19, 2021

Bitcoin Is Neutral, Politically Agnostic, Fundamentally Non-Aligned

Sep 19, 2021

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Bitcoin and energy in the next 50 years

With the petrodollar fading, bitcoin and renewable energy can integrate in an Internet of networks — a new, more resilient, functionally…

Feb 27, 2021

Bitcoin and energy in the next 50 years

Feb 27, 2021

Lorenzo Vallecchi

On stranded natural gas and Bitcoin

Stranded natural gas used to power Bitcoin mining is a false solution in search of a real problem. This article explores the relationship…

Oct 19, 2020

On stranded natural gas and Bitcoin

Oct 19, 2020

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“Bitcoin Wastes Electricity.”

An Energy Efficiency Specialist Begs to Differ

May 28, 2019

“Bitcoin Wastes Electricity.”

May 28, 2019

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Lorenzo Vallecchi

Italy-based renewable energy specialist with >20 years of experience in operations, consulting & journalism in Italy, Canada, & the Middle East.

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