I think it is hypocritical to scold Musk when he criticizes Bitcoin, and to praise him when he is optimistic about Bitcoin. I think he should take his thoughts and concerns about Bitcoin seriously, because many outsiders have these ideas. But at the same time, people should ignore his flip-flops on Twitter or act like a child. Elon Musk is just a person like everyone else. Stop using Elon Musk as an argument for or against Bitcoin, but actually listen to what he has to say and think about whether you have the answer.
We are not hypocrites, we support Bitcoin. What do you think we are going to do?
Indeed a good point and I see it the same way you put it. He threw out some numbers about dirty mining, well, then go and try to fact check it before dumping your Bitcoin.
What Elon says is indeed worth thinking about. I mean sure he behaved a bit childish when it comes to DOGE if you ask me, but generally speaking he brings up some good points. He also did during the discussion board they now had online on July 21st.
The only problem I had with his turnaround on Bitcoin is that it felt as if he got pressure from some organization he might be funded by. Some green organization that is against Bitcoin or so. As it is almost impossible to tell what the true value is, it seems that a lot of the energy put into Bitcoin mining already comes from renewable sources. You would think that if someone knows, Musk is probably your best bet. If he then goes back and forth, it makes it a bit hard to come up with your own reasonable conclusions.
Anyway, as you put it, after all he is like you and me with $180 billion more in the pocket. The actual problem is the dualism you pointed out. When he says something good, people positively freak out and celebrate him, and when he says something negative, you can read on Twitter that people hope he is going to crash with a Tesla. Too much in both directions obviously...
