Texas paid a bitcoin miner more than $31 million to power down during heat wave

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin miner $31.7 million in energy credits in August to not mine bitcoin.



Submitted September 07, 2023 at 08:52PM by Due_Tina_8866 https://ift.tt/UDjJ28x

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