#美联储重启降息步伐 Musk and Jensen Huang have both independently referred to Bitcoin as an "energy currency." That sounds pretty cool, but is it also hinting that the U.S. power supply is actually quite tight?



It's not an issue of resources. The U.S. has plenty of coal reserves, and there's no shortage of natural gas or oil either. The real bottleneck is the outdated power grid.

What's the most frustrating part? Just to get a new high-voltage line approved can take ten years of bureaucratic wrangling. By the time the construction crew actually gets to work, the occupant of the White House could have changed twice.

So the root problem isn't a lack of energy reserves—it's that the entire approval system is so sluggish it makes you question reality. The result is that grid upgrades can never keep up with the growth in demand, and the electricity consumption of something like Bitcoin, this "energy currency," just makes this contradiction obvious. Sometimes, when technology advances too quickly, infrastructure becomes the bottleneck.
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OnchainHolmesvip
· 6h ago
The energy currency meme is basically saying that infrastructure can't keep up. The U.S. power grid system really needs an overhaul.
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ForumLurkervip
· 12-08 21:05
The concept of energy-backed currency sounds cool, but honestly, it’s just passing the buck and blaming inadequate infrastructure. Taking ten years just to build a high-voltage line? The approval efficiency in the US is unbelievable—no wonder even Musk wants to do things himself. Bitcoin is like a magnifying glass, exposing contradictions, but it doesn’t seem to actually change much. If resources aren’t lacking, it’s a systemic problem—how do you cure such a stubborn issue? Come to think of it, the crypto space is the same: technology advances rapidly, but regulation is always lagging behind. If upgrading the power grid is this slow, no wonder people are bearish on US infrastructure. But the topic of Bitcoin’s energy consumption can actually serve as a real wake-up call for policymakers—it’s just a matter of whether anyone actually wakes up.
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LightningHarvestervip
· 12-08 05:29
Haha, the US power grid is a joke. You couldn't finish mining Bitcoin during the ten years it takes just to get approval.
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ShitcoinConnoisseurvip
· 12-07 15:15
Ten years of wrangling just to build one line, hilarious, isn't this standard procedure in the US? This outdated approval system really needs an update; BTC has only exposed the problems. If US infrastructure continues like this, it'll really reach third-world levels. It's not a lack of energy, it's bureaucracy holding things back—a typical problem in advanced countries. Bitcoin is just an innocent bystander; the blame lies entirely with the system.
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AirdropSweaterFanvip
· 12-07 08:40
Just trying to fool people here—the US power grid is as old as my grandma, it takes ten years to lay a single line, who can put up with that? What's the point of energy reserves, the real cancer is the approval system. Bitcoin is just a magnifying glass, that's all. There's plenty of natural gas and coal; it's the bureaucracy that's holding things back. This really can't be blamed on Bitcoin. I honestly don't get why people insist on packaging Bitcoin as an energy currency. To put it bluntly, isn't it just to justify endless power consumption? This is the real infrastructure desert—not a lack of resources, but a lack of efficiency.
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HappyMinerUnclevip
· 12-07 08:38
Ten years of back-and-forth just to lay one line—this level of government efficiency in the US is really something else. Bitcoin has actually become a magic mirror, directly exposing the unfinished infrastructure projects. Seriously, it's not a lack of resources, it's a lack of efficiency. So, the joke about "energy currency" is actually mocking the system? Now, technological progress has actually become a troublemaker.
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ApeShotFirstvip
· 12-07 08:35
Hahaha, US infrastructure is really something else. Ten years of wrangling is just standard procedure.
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BlockDetectivevip
· 12-07 08:27
This approval system is really something else; ten years of bureaucratic wrangling is just the starting point. This is how American infrastructure is slowly losing its competitiveness. Even having plenty of energy is useless if everything gets stuck in the process—that’s the real fatal flaw. Bitcoin mining has directly exposed this bug, brutally. The power grid issue, to put it plainly, is a systemic problem. There’s no lack of funding—just no one who can make quick decisions. Elon Musk and Jensen Huang might also be hinting at this: when a technological revolution runs into the infrastructure turtle, this is the inevitable outcome.
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ApeDegenvip
· 12-07 08:19
Oh my, this is really the core of the issue. The lack of infrastructure development is just a vicious cycle. Complaining about a decade of red tape really hits home—America's system really can't keep up with the pace of the new era. Even having enough energy reserves is useless if the transmission capacity is choked by an outdated network. This is the real dilemma Bitcoin faces. So in the end, it’s still a systemic issue—technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, but the approval process is still stuck ten years ago.
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