stopthatgirl7 to News@lemmy.world • 1 year agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: technews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
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To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-square@gastationsushi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink20•1 year agoIsn’t this the point of capitalism? Is there a single industry out there that wouldn’t collapse without the welfare it receives from Uncle Sam?
Isn’t this the point of capitalism? Is there a single industry out there that wouldn’t collapse without the welfare it receives from Uncle Sam?
Anything primarily on the black market.