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I was thinking carbon-neutral for the individual miner, not for the whole network. The latter would be a very ambitious project.

• dllthomas 13y ago
  Do you just mean individual miners individually going out and purchasing carbon credits? What would motivate that, when the thing they're producing is fungible (and thus it can't strengthen their brand, &c)? I'd applaud it in any event, but it seems like something that can't really be enforced and is unlikely to be widespread without enforcement as I have no real means of converting my approval into anything tangible or even directing it where it belongs.
  • lukifer 13y ago
    I'm thinking something far simpler: solar panels hooked to a battery, which is hooked to a minimalist mining rig that runs as often as it's able. Self-powered mining, other than the minimal amount used for passing network traffic, and whatever's used by the pool.
    • dllthomas 13y ago
      Ah, also interesting, though I'm skeptical about it recouping investment in reasonable time. If it actually became common, it would mean mining would move East-West with the day, and North-South with the seasons.