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Re:The Kingdom of Bhutan Has Been Quietly Mining Bitcoin for... by mgfist on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:49PM (#35781583)
There's better uses of excess energy. For example desalination or hydrogen production.
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Re:The Kingdom of Bhutan Has Been Quietly Mining Bitcoin for... by eep_social on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:35PM (#35782064)
Which would also, presumably be stranded at above baseline rate. Infrastructure like roads and pipelines is much more expensive than a starlink box which can move BTC.
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Re:The Kingdom of Bhutan Has Been Quietly Mining Bitcoin for... by eru on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:52PM (#35782235)
Better in what sense? And why aren't they doing it, if it's better?
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