Mastodon user criticizes media for calling Bitcoin mining "mining"

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-06-02 14:37

A user on Mastodon expressed frustration with media outlets referring to Bitcoin mining as "mining." They argued that this terminology is inaccurate and disrespectful to traditional hard rock miners, stating that the energy-intensive process of cryptocurrency mining is fundamentally different from the physical extraction of resources from the earth. AI

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Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-06-02 14:37

@ dbattistella FFS media stop calling these energy and water wasting enterprises mining. My father was a hard rock miner, I now what mining is and that is not i

@ dbattistella FFS media stop calling these energy and water wasting enterprises mining. My father was a hard rock miner, I now what mining is and that is not it. # AI

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@ dbattistella FFS media stop calling these energy and water wasting enterprises mining. My father was a hard rock miner, I now what mining is and that is not i

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