hypercracker [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 days 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-square53fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1256arrow-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 [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWaldoz53 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·11 days 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