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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by PaulRobinson on Saturday December 09, 2017 @04:09PM (#15888166)
They're not running in places with cheap hydroelectric. It's cheap coal. It's all coal.

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Re:Did Bitcoin just prove it can't scale? by contingencies on Sunday December 10, 2017 @10:01AM (#15891656)
In Sichuan it's at least partly hydroelectric. In northern China it's probably mostly coal. People mine in other places, too, even here in Shenzhen.
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