stopthatgirl7 to [email protected] • 10 months agoTexas paid bitcoin miner more than $31 million to cut energy usage during heat wavewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down110file-text
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To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoall of your downvotes - many more than the person you’re replying to - are for trying to claim that a system that’s functioned as a pyramid scheme for most of its existence is not a pyramid scheme. how much cryptocurrency do you have?
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink1•10 months agoCare to explain how BTC, a currency with no one controlling it, is a pyramid scheme? Who benefits from it besides huge miners? All they get is transaction fees paid to them for supporting the network. That’s not a pyramid scheme.
all of your downvotes - many more than the person you’re replying to - are for trying to claim that a system that’s functioned as a pyramid scheme for most of its existence is not a pyramid scheme.
how much cryptocurrency do you have?
Care to explain how BTC, a currency with no one controlling it, is a pyramid scheme?
Who benefits from it besides huge miners? All they get is transaction fees paid to them for supporting the network. That’s not a pyramid scheme.