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"Data from the state’s grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, affirms its growing mining presence. The U.S. has about 3,500 megawat
by papito 4y ago
"Data from the state’s grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, affirms its growing mining presence. The U.S. has about 3,500 megawatts of Bitcoin mining capacity, and more than 40% of that is with ERCOT, according to estimations from Lee Bratcher, president of the Texas Blockchain Council."
And then they urge people to conserve power...
- codefreeordie 4y agoWell, they need you to stop using power to live your life so that they can keep living theirs the way they want
- WalterGR 4y agoIt's a poorly worded paragraph. ERCOT is affirming a growing mining presence in Texas. 40% of US's Bitcoin mining capacity is used in Texas. It's not ERCOT itself doing the mining.
- bradknowles 4y agoDid they tell the miners they can't operate between 3pm and 8pm, like everyone else in Texas is supposed to conserve? I don't think so....