stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1420arrow-down1external-linkTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe US government has an entire country it could liquidate if it really had to. It just is not linked to gold. There is nothing to liquidate for bitcoin. It is pure speculation. It is simply not backed by any physical value - and never will be.
The US government has an entire country it could liquidate if it really had to. It just is not linked to gold. There is nothing to liquidate for bitcoin. It is pure speculation. It is simply not backed by any physical value - and never will be.