Ken Weber
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The gorilla in the room, and I'm not even sure that it's in this room, I think everybody here is pretty aligned on this, is there's a group of maximalists at the core of the proof of work system, the Bitcoin system. There are 30 or 40 dudes who are the engineers, and there are a bunch of whales that hold and have vested interests in Bitcoin's dominance.
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There was a brief period of engagement. There were some, you know, some maxis that kind of came into the tent and said, hey, yeah, we think energy efficiency is good. We think getting to, you know, to or near 100% renewable energy use is good. Not sure we'll ever get to net zero, but we'll join the team.
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They either saw that they weren't going to win the day within those working groups, or maybe they were never in it to win it in the first place. But their attendance at meetings started dwindling, and their Twitter feeds became more and more antagonistic.