---
title: "Sustainable Bitcoin Mining Group Disavows Elon Musk"
description: "The Bitcoin Mining Council, a group of miners trying to make crypto more sustainable, left a prominent figure in the industry behind: Elon Musk."
date: "2021-06-11"
modified: "2021-06-11"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-mining-group-disavows-elon-musk"
categories:
  - "Bitcoin"
  - "Blockchain"
  - "Cryptocurrency"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "bitcoin"
  - "elon musk"
  - "the digest"
---

# Sustainable Bitcoin Mining Group Disavows Elon Musk

![The Bitcoin Mining Council, a group of miners trying to make crypto more sustainable, left a prominent figure in the industry behind: Elon Musk.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eloncoin.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https:/www/.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/" target="\_blank"\>Thomas Hawk via Flickr / Futurism  \</a\>\</em\>*

## Officially Sidelined

The Bitcoin Mining Council, a voluntary group of crypto miners and enthusiasts, formally announced its debut on Friday. But it seems to be leaving an important figure behind: Elon Musk.

"Elon Musk has no role at the BMC," reads part of the [group's launch statement](<https://bitcoinminingcouncil.com/>). "The extent of his involvement was joining an educational call with a group of North American companies to discuss Bitcoin mining."

The group is focused on sustainably developing the crypto mining industry — in terms of finance and the environment — and it seems to have decided that Musk's antics within that sphere are too much of a liability, [according to *Insider*](<https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/elon-musk-has-no-role-at-the-bitcoin-mining-council/articleshow/83430412.cms>).

The announcement came as a surprise in part because Musk was involved in the [BMC's initial announcement](<https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/1396915801492439044>) back in May — and could be read as a sign of the cryptocurrency community's exhaustion with the mercurial CEO.

## Ideologically Aligned

The Bitcoin community [recently turned on Musk](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-furious-elon-musk.md>) after he [repeatedly hyped the price](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/dogecoin-creator-elon-musk-self-absorbed-grifter.md>) meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin using his social media clout. He's also at least partially responsible for tanking the price of Bitcoin [when he announced](<https://futurism.com/cryptocurrency-tanked-elon-musk.md>) that Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin for car payments almost exactly two months after it first started.

Ironically, Musk cited the [environmental toll](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/cow-turds-power-bitcoin-mining-farms.md>) of Bitcoin mining as the reason for backing away from the crypto and challenged the industry to [use only green energy](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-miners-green-energy.md>). The environmental toll of mining is one of the very problems that the BMC has set out to try and solve — so maybe there's room for Musk to get involved again down the road.

**READ MORE:** [Bitcoin Mining Council has finally made its debut, confirms that Elon Musk would have no role in the organization](<https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/elon-musk-has-no-role-at-the-bitcoin-mining-council/articleshow/83430412.cms>) \[*Insider*\]

**More on crypto:** *[New Cryptocurrency Called $STOPELON Is Dedicated to Bashing Elon Musk](<https://futurism.com/new-cryptocurrency-stopelon-bashing-elon-musk.md>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)

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