hypercracker@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load dayshexbear.netimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1257arrow-down1imageTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load dayshexbear.nethypercracker@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareedge [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months 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.
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.