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There's a trend now of Bitcoin mining businesses buying fossil fuel power plants in the US, in many cases plants that had already been shut down due to being un
by the_why_of_y 5y ago
There's a trend now of Bitcoin mining businesses buying fossil fuel power plants in the US, in many cases plants that had already been shut down due to being unprofitable.
https://futurism.com/bitcoin-mining-company-buys-entire-coal-power-plant https://futurism.com/bitcoin-mining-company-buys-entire-coal...
https://grist.org/technology/bitcoin-greenidge-seneca-lake-cryptocurrency/ https://grist.org/technology/bitcoin-greenidge-seneca-lake-c...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/old-coal-plant-is-now-mining-bitcoin-for-a-utility-company/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/old-coal-plant-i...