Bitcoin miners in Texas are making more from ERCOT kickbacks than they are from bitcoin. Just another way Texas ratepayers are left holding the bag for our corrupt power grid management.
https://www.tpr.org/technology-entrepreneurship/2023-09-06/texas-paid-a-bitcoin-miner-more-than-30-million-to-power-down-during-heat-wave
#texas #ercot
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