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  1. Aug 2024
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    Aram Zucker-Scharff | @Chronotope@indieweb.social on X: "This has, unfortunately, been very clearly the outcome of Texas's energy policy and the arbitrage bs from cryptocurrency miners from the beginning. Fked that you can now make more money running a server farm at full blast then... just not paying to do that." / X
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    1. chrisaldrich 28 Aug 2024

      https://x.com/Chronotope/status/1828785701732663335

      Crypto miners are being paid not to mine to ease energy production/consumption cycles.

      Related to protection money for the mob

      re: https://x.com/curious_founder/status/1828511303788322888/photo/1 on The Economist's article about crypto mining in Texas o/a 2024-08-27

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  3. Feb 2020
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    1. devinberg 17 Feb 2020
      which they estimate to be $230,000 per year.

      There is some good discussion on HN about the realistic nature of this estimated expense and how it is not likely out-of-line with what it should be and may actually be quite reasonable.

      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22317244

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