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-squareJokeDeitylinkfedilink-10•1 year agoAll your downvotes are for using the words pyramid scheme. It’s a lot of not great things, for sure, but it’s not a pyramid scheme.
minus-square@triplenadir@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilink1•1 year agoall of your downvotes - many more than the person you’re replying to - are for trying to claim that a system that’s functioned as a pyramid scheme for most of its existence is not a pyramid scheme. how much cryptocurrency do you have?
minus-square@havokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoCare to explain how BTC, a currency with no one controlling it, is a pyramid scheme? Who benefits from it besides huge miners? All they get is transaction fees paid to them for supporting the network. That’s not a pyramid scheme.
All your downvotes are for using the words pyramid scheme. It’s a lot of not great things, for sure, but it’s not a pyramid scheme.
all of your downvotes - many more than the person you’re replying to - are for trying to claim that a system that’s functioned as a pyramid scheme for most of its existence is not a pyramid scheme.
how much cryptocurrency do you have?
Care to explain how BTC, a currency with no one controlling it, is a pyramid scheme?
Who benefits from it besides huge miners? All they get is transaction fees paid to them for supporting the network. That’s not a pyramid scheme.