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Elon Musk just dropped an interesting take on Bitcoin. He's framing it as an energy-backed currency — something fundamentally tied to real-world resources rather than government decree.



His point? You can't legislate energy itself. It exists outside political frameworks. And if Bitcoin is essentially crystallized energy in digital form, then trying to regulate it is like trying to ban electricity. The logic is provocative, especially coming from someone who's flipped between crypto skeptic and advocate.

Whether you buy into this energy theory or not, it's a fresh angle on the whole "what gives BTC value" debate. Makes you think about proof-of-work in a different light.
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ZkSnarkervip
· 18h ago
ngl the "energy-backed currency" framing is lowkey brilliant marketing, but here's the thing about elon... dude's basically just describing proof-of-work and acting like he invented thermodynamics lol
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JerryDvip
· 18h ago
you could say the same of a car or chair
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DAOdreamervip
· 18h ago
The rhetoric of energy theory sounds pleasant, but what really influences regulation is political maneuvering, not physics.
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ContractCollectorvip
· 18h ago
The energy theory sounds fresh, but it still feels like it's just finding reasons for the volatility of Bitcoin, haha --- pow consumes energy = valuable? Then how do you explain those garbage coins mined with graphics cards, really treating energy like money? --- Is Musk serious this time or just blowing hot air again? I really can't see through it --- I love the logic that energy cannot be regulated; it feels smoother than any talk about Decentralization --- Alright, anyway, the theories in the crypto world are endless; as long as it can be washed clean, it’s a good theory --- This guy said last month that Bitcoin is an eyewash, and now he’s talking about energy theory; I really don’t know which version to believe --- So according to this logic, is Ethereum’s pos devalued then, emm... --- proof of work = proof of energy, this conversion is quite interesting
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