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Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave (gizmodo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] impiri@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At first glance, this makes zero sense, but once you dig in and read the details, it makes even less sense

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I especially like the part where they say encouraging crypto mining will somehow create power grid innovations. What?

[–] red@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Either you innovate or you pay that company $32M every summer forever