Texas Plans to Become the Bitcoin Capital, Vulnerable Power Grid and All

[Meredith Poor + 895]

Texas, BC

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-19/texas-plans-to-become-the-u-s-bitcoin-capital-can-its-grid-ercot-handle-it?srnd=premium&sref=RzXyyOXY

Neanderthals?

[turbguy + 1,543]

13 minutes ago, Meredith Poor said:

Texas, BC

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-19/texas-plans-to-become-the-u-s-bitcoin-capital-can-its-grid-ercot-handle-it?srnd=premium&sref=RzXyyOXY

Neanderthals?

Easy solution.

Load shed those "customers" as required.

You would think that since the largest load for this use is cooling, they would locate well north of ERCOT.

Such as Wyoming.

Edited November 19, 2021 by turbguy

[Starschy + 211]

That will increase Energy prices for every customer. China was right to close the Bitcoin shops.