Koomey says that de Vries’ work is “fundamentally flawed” because it backs into bitcoin’s power consumption by estimating miners’ revenues and expenses. “Any time you do that, you introduce multiple layers of error and uncertainty. It’s a completely unreliable way to do the analysis, and no credible energy analyst would ever do that.”
But of course you prefer this digiconomist spewing FUD as a hobby and winding folks up:
"Digiconomist's index has emerged as something of an authority recently. The index was developed by Alex de Vries, a 28-year-old consultant for PwC with a background in data and risk analysis who now specializes in blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin. He founded Digiconomist as a hobby in 2014 and acknowledges he has no previous experience in energy economics"
This isn't whataboutism. There is a system being used. Contrast it with what currently exists.
> Bitcoin becomes more wasteful as technology improves.
You misunderstand hashing difficulty.
This guy is a known troll spreading FUD. Look at all of the links he has posted. It is not science.
Stop embarassing yourself and read a layer deeper into the people writing the articles.
https://hackernoon.com/the-reports-of-bitcoin-environmental-...