hypercracker [he/him] to technology • edit-210 days agoTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load daysimagemessage-square53 fedilinkarrow-up1258file-text
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minus-squareedge [he/him]hexbear14·10 days agoI wonder how much it would cost the power companies (company?) to just break those contracts. Maybe it could be worth it? Although of course a sensible government would just say “nah fuck that”, nationalize the power grid, and rip up the contract. link
I wonder how much it would cost the power companies (company?) to just break those contracts. Maybe it could be worth it?
Although of course a sensible government would just say “nah fuck that”, nationalize the power grid, and rip up the contract.