Elon Musk said he s speaking with bitcoin miners about renewable energy
May 24, 2021, 4:16PM EDT
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A tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk indicates he s taking steps to encourage renewable energy usage by bitcoin miners.
In a tweet today, Musk said he spoke with bitcoin miners based in North America. During the conversation, those miners committed to publishing a plan for renewable usage, as well as disclosing their current modes of obtaining renewable power. They also committed to calling globally on other miners to do the same, according to Musk. Potentially promising, his tweet concluded.
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said he convened the meeting. Saylor tweeted that the North American miners Musk spoke with have agreed to form the Bitcoin Mining Council, which Saylor said would promote energy usage transparency to accelerate sustainability initiatives worldwide.