hypercracker@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agoTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load dayshexbear.netimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1251arrow-down1imageTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load dayshexbear.nethypercracker@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWaldoz53 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoand when the state needs to shut down power use in an emergency its not the bitcoin farm that gets the power cut off, but the houses/apartments of working class people
and when the state needs to shut down power use in an emergency its not the bitcoin farm that gets the power cut off, but the houses/apartments of working class people