@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square360fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-square@long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agothey should be doing that, otherwise I don’t get how they are making any profit with those huge electricity bills. Last time I checked it, with electricity prices it wasn’t worth it to mine cryptocurrency.
minus-square@orrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agono, that’s the magic of speculative market financing
they should be doing that, otherwise I don’t get how they are making any profit with those huge electricity bills. Last time I checked it, with electricity prices it wasn’t worth it to mine cryptocurrency.
no, that’s the magic of speculative market financing