[NEW]: NYTimes environmental costs of bitcoin mining

Date

2023-3-10

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The NYT did a really nice job of documenting the electrical usage of bitcoin miners and putting that into easily understandable terms. Also documents some of the fucked up stuff bitcoin miners have negotiated with power companies like having to pay them to turn off during the texas grids struggles two years ago.

Maybe more of a essay than news

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html

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