Greenpeace, crypto billionaire lobby to change bitcoin’s code


Perhaps more importantly, many Bitcoin diehards are adamant against changing the system created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous person or group credited with developing the software. — Bloomberg

Bitcoin is about to face a fresh onslaught over its damaging environmental footprint.

Several climate activist groups including Greenpeace and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen are launching a "Change the Code, Not the Climate” campaign, designed to pressure the bitcoin community to alter the way it orders transactions that already consumes as much power as Sweden.

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