Episode 10: Mangroves v Bitcoin

Alex and I discuss the possibility of a Bitcoin City being built in El Salvador and the impacts on the mega-biodiversity hotspot, including the critical habitat provided by mangroves, and the local communities. There's so much to know about this topic, I couldn't even include all the links in the show notes, but here's a few: El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Fails or Good PR Stunt? https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2455061-bitcoin-experiment-van-el-salvador-mislukt-of-goede-pr-stunt El Salvador moves forward with the Bitcoin City project attracting foreign crypto businesses https://coinpaper.com/1668/el-salvador-moves-forward-with-the-bitcoin-city-project-attracting-foreign-crypto-businesses Crypto is killing the planet https://theecologist.org/2022/oct/26/crypto-killing-planet