{"id":181390,"date":"2023-09-14T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=181390"},"modified":"2023-09-14T21:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:39:07","slug":"bitcoin-clean-energy-usage-reportedly-exceeds-50-will-tesla-start-accepting-btc-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/bitcoin-clean-energy-usage-reportedly-exceeds-50-will-tesla-start-accepting-btc-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin clean energy usage reportedly exceeds 50% \u2014 will Tesla start accepting BTC payments?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk said in 2021 that Tesla will accept Bitcoin (BTC) payments once miners were using roughly 50% clean energy sources \u201cwith positive future trend\u201d \u2014 a benchmark that may have recently been met.<\/p>\n

In a Sept. 14 X thread, Bloomberg analyst Jamie Coutts reported the percentage of BTC mining energy coming from renewable sources had exceeded 50% with \u201cfalling emissions plus a dramatically rising hash rate\u201d. According to Coutts, the push toward renewable energy sources was the result of miners dispersing from China in the wake of the country\u2019s mining ban starting in 2021, as well as certain nations turning to mining to \u201cmonetize stranded and excess energy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Among countries investing in BTC mining included El Salvador \u2014 which has also recognized the cryptocurrency as legal tender since 2021 \u2014 Bhutan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. The 50% energy benchmark could mean a greater move towards adoption by one of the biggest companies in the world. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rh88qRfd2_E<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Tesla\u2019s diamond hands: EV maker’s Bitcoin holdings see no change in Q2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Musk, the CEO of Tesla, owner of X \u2014 formerly Twitter \u2014 and founder of SpaceX announced Tesla would stop accepting BTC payments in May 2021, citing the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions\u201d at the time. Since establishing a sustainable energy source threshold of 50% for when the firm would resume payments, Musk acknowledged that there was a positive trend toward green energy sources, but hasn\u2019t changed Tesla\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n

The Tesla CEO did not appear to have publicly announced any move to resume BTC payments. At the time of publication, the price of Bitcoin was $26,572, having risen more than 2% in the last 7 days.<\/p>\n

Magazine: <\/em><\/strong>Bitcoin is on a collision course with \u2018Net Zero\u2019 promises<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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