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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave

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Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

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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@Wahots
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17•10 months ago
People are still mining bitcoin? Lmao
- @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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  8•10 months ago
  People will always be mining. The cheaper the value, the less miners meaning more coins to sell. It won’t ever fully die.

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