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Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by narrator on Friday June 11, 2021 @12:09PM (#27475131)
They can put the Bitcoin mine out in the middle of nowhere next to the volcano. Building a transmission and distribution infrastructure to the rest of the country can be funded by the Bitcoin mine.
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Re:El Salvador Plans to Use Electricity Generated from Volca... by bthazos on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:57PM (#27476495)
They tried this in Italy 2000+ years ago. A wealthy city will spawn from the mine, but since bitcoin doesn't appease the gods like physical gold does, the city will be buried in ash.
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