Roberto Bourbon

Why Bitcoin is actually good for our planet. A sustainable and ethical revolution to the current financial system Roberto Bourbon

Bitcoin is a bubble. Bitcoin is based on nothing. Bitcoin is only used by criminals. In a nutshell, Bitcoin is bad. This is what we kept hearing from mainstream media for the past decade. Now that Bitcoin has gone beyond 50,000 USD and big names are starting to get behind it, the media shifted their narrative. Yes, Bitcoin might after all make some sense, but look at its ecological footprint! Thousands of miners are using so much energy to mine something ... that does not even exist. Surely you should not buy into something that is basically responsible for killing the planet. Or should you?In this book we are going to see why the mainstream narrative of Bitcoin as an unsustainable resource is, once again, flawed. We are going to see how Bitcoin is actually an asset that, if fully adopted, would have a positive impact on the world. Both in terms of sustainability (ecological footprint) as well as in terms of ethics and morality for our financial ecosystem. We will also reflect on the broader role that Bitcoin can have in the world that we see unfolding in 2021. Money printing at a rate never seen before. Jobs becoming obsolete at the speed of light. A K-shaped economic recovery that leaves millions of people in unemployment while creating thousands of new millionaires and billionaires. The spectre of new future global pandemics. What about Bitcoin? Is it really the solution to all problems? Or, on the contrary, is it yet another problem that humanity has managed to inflict on itself? In this book you will not find crazy price predictions for Bitcoin or nonsense technical analysis. I will not try to sell you courses to become rich or to learn how to trade Crypto. I will not pretend to know all the possible applications of a technology, blockchain, which is still in its early years. If you are looking for a "get rich quick" scheme, you are in the wrong place. The entire narrative will be based on logic and facts. Ultimately, this book is a reflection about the long-term impact that Bitcoin and the Crypto world could have on our world. If you are ready, let's go!