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Mining Bitcoin Using Nuclear Power May Be Fine

• bravetraveler 5y ago
  Haven't read this yet, so take this with a grain of salt... but what about cooling the heat this is dumping out into the buildings/farms? I quickly searched for a few key terms and didn't find a mention... forgive me if I missed it. If that's also not backed by the stronger energy source, then at best it's addressing one side of the coin. Helping with the initial consumption, but there's an equal (if not greater) amount of energy spent regulating this. It could be a package deal, perhaps. Why have 'good outlet' and 'bad outlet', after all. Also a general curiosity, I'm ignorant of nuclear a fair bit. Have we found a better use for spent material than tucking it away in bunkers and figuring out what to do with it later?
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• hasperdi 5y ago
  No, it is not fine. There are better utilisation for that power eg. Replacing coal power plants
• thoughtstheseus 5y ago
  Curious if you could make a nuclear only system?