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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

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Riot Platforms ended up earning more than three times as much from energy credits than it did from mining actual Bitcoin.

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I especially like the part where they say encouraging crypto mining will somehow create power grid innovations. What?

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