hypercracker [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 days agoTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load dayshexbear.netimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1256arrow-down1imageTexas bitcoin mining operation holds electric grid ransom, is paid more than it earns mining to not run its hardware on high-load dayshexbear.nethypercracker [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareblame [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·10 days agothis is just extortion isn’t it? Ey nice power grid, be real unfortunate if someone were to use an excessive amount of electricity at peak times
minus-squareWaldoz53 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·10 days agoand when the state needs to shut down power use in an emergency its not the bitcoin farm that gets the power cut off, but the houses/apartments of working class people
this is just extortion isn’t it?
and when the state needs to shut down power use in an emergency its not the bitcoin farm that gets the power cut off, but the houses/apartments of working class people