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0 pointscodecamper8y ago0 comments

And a kWh of power is of course done with coal. How pathetic.

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I believe most mining operations make use of hydro-electric power, simply because it’s much cheaper than burning off coal.

lawn8y ago

Also practically free hydro-electric power which would otherwise be wasted.

Symbiote8y ago

That's not true at all. If the power were not used by Bitcoin miners, it would be used by other industries, and less more-expensive (coal etc) power produced by other power plants.

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runeks8y ago

I believe most mining operations make use of hydro-electric power, simply because it’s much cheaper than burning off coal.

lawn8y ago

Also practically free hydro-electric power which would otherwise be wasted.

Symbiote8y ago

That's not true at all. If the power were not used by Bitcoin miners, it would be used by other industries, and less more-expensive (coal etc) power produced by other power plants.

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