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"China Banished Cryptocurrencies. Now, ‘Mining’ Is Even Dirtier." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/climate/bitcoin-china-energy-pollution.html https://www.ny

• abeppu 3y ago
  But it does seem like US electricity prices are meaningfully higher than for a number of countries, especially in Africa and the Middle East. I wonder what stops mining from going to places where electricity appears to be cheapest. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-prices-in-selected-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-price... https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391069/cheapest-residential-electricity-by-country-world/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1391069/cheapest-residen...