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Ignore the millions of 1-ton chunks of metal that move 1 person slower than a bike on average. It's the bitcoin network's fault.


No disagreement about cars. Bikes and bike infra are cheaper, healthier and less deadly in all senses of the term. Electric bikes are great too. So are three wheelers.

But that is whataboutery: bitcoin is still extremely bad.


Both cars and bitcoin are insanely wasteful.

Ever heard of "whataboutism"?


Here in the UK we call it "whataboutery"




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