stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: technews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1468arrow-down1external-linkTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squareRivalarrivallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoCertain large industrial customers might get paid to voluntarily shed loads as part of a service level agreement, but those agreements should include rates structured to make mining unprofitable.
Certain large industrial customers might get paid to voluntarily shed loads as part of a service level agreement, but those agreements should include rates structured to make mining unprofitable.