stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1468arrow-down1external-linkTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-text
To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squareSilverFlame@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoExcept the company in question is losing hundreds of millions a year. The energy credit is likely more than they would have made themselves.
Except the company in question is losing hundreds of millions a year. The energy credit is likely more than they would have made themselves.