{"id":76152,"date":"2023-03-24T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=76152"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:44:14","slug":"greenpeace-unveils-mascot-to-fight-bitcoin-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/greenpeace-unveils-mascot-to-fight-bitcoin-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace unveils mascot to fight Bitcoin mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The international environmental organisation Greenpeace unveiled a new mascot that embodies the &#8216;dangerous levels of pollution&#8217; caused by mining Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some climate activists think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> is just fake internet money they can safely ignore. <\/p>\n<p>The truth? Bitcoin is causing dangerous amounts of real-world pollution from its ravenous consumption of fossil fuels, all due to its outdated code. <\/p>\n<p>The solution? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChangeTheCode?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChangeTheCode<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wa7BMCzV5\">pic.twitter.com\/7wa7BMCzV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greenpeaceusa\/status\/1638952445542801425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Environmentalists argue that the technology&#8217;s &#8216;outdated code&#8217; harms the environment. For them Bitcoin &#8216;has become the main obstacle in the fight to phase out fossil fuels&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation offers a free sticker featuring the &#8216;Satoshi&#8217;s Skull&#8217; and the slogan &#8216;Change the code, not the climate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/hkgq7j2N3Xka9z3TTlkTSOZwAMSbla3WuIOsS6qPQ0pt1KIkH2Co_4-nQDzCeBUX0AI1Apuopp2xinmk6UY-2stROMGgaITvB_LktypdG6P3IuJY4rduky88b-0axWK9V0Ayy0xRr5L-T87l7Sj_qlA\" alt=\"Greenpeace \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u043c\u0430\u043d \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0431\u043e\u0440\u044c\u0431\u044b \u0441 \u043c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0433\u043e\u043c \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430\"\/><figcaption>Source: Greenpeace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The director of media strategy at mining company Compass Mining, Will Foxley, called Greenpeace&#8217;s mascot &#8216;really cool&#8217; and set its image as his profile avatar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So badass honestly <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z68XVws6by\">pic.twitter.com\/z68XVws6by<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Foxley ? (@wsfoxley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsfoxley\/status\/1639066812993376256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Coin Metrics co-founder Nic Carter remarked that Greenpeace &#8216;accidentally made the most metal bitcoin artwork to date in their misguided anti-PoW campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-proof-of-work-pow-algorithm\"><span data-descr=\"Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm\" class=\"old_tooltip\">PoW<\/span><\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Greenpeace accidentally made the most metal bitcoin artwork to date in their misguided anti-PoW campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5iiRv7NLYv\">pic.twitter.com\/5iiRv7NLYv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nic ? carter ?\u200d\u2642\ufe0f? (@nic__carter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nic__carter\/status\/1639065892725178370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, Greenpeace <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ripple-co-founder-called-a-judas-after-call-to-move-bitcoin-to-pos\">initiated<\/a> the campaign &#8216;Change the Code, Not the Climate&#8217; in collaboration with other eco-groups and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen. Their aim is to move Bitcoin from the algorithm <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/proof-of-stake-how-it-works-and-why-it-is-so-popular\">Proof-of-Work<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/proof-of-stake-how-it-works-and-why-it-is-so-popular\">Proof-of-Stake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some industry figures criticised Larsen. Messari founder Ryan Selkis called him a &#8216;Judas&#8217; who &#8216;made billions in crypto markets, but then threw Bitcoin under the bus&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international environmental organisation Greenpeace unveiled a new mascot that embodies the &#8216;dangerous levels of pollution&#8217; caused by mining Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1259],"class_list":["post-76152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-ecology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"34","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76154,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76152\/revisions\/76154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}