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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by DennisP on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:44AM (#29369269)
You would think then that large bitcoin miners would already be doing this. Maybe installing their miners in large office buildings in cold climates. In theory they could eliminate their cost of electricity and outcompete other miners. Why isn't this happening?
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by mastax on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:01AM (#29369379)
There was a startup on here a year or so ago with this idea. They built self-contained cabinets and put them in people's houses as heaters. Wonder how they're doing. Sounds like an ops nightmare.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by Geee on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:36AM (#29369687)
It doesn't make sense yet, because it's currently too profitable to warrant such optimizations. Cheap energy is enough to be competitive.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by analog31 on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:56AM (#29369342)
If they could generate electricity with the heat from the miners, they could use it to power the miners.

... Oh.

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