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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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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