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Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash the State Power Grid
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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The majority did. Rather then blaming the bitcoin miners operating legally, in a bad system, blame the politicians and those that voted for them and continue to do so.
I think it’s perfectly fine to shut down bitcoin mining if it’s bad for the power grid, but then you should also look at what else is bad and shut it too. The law should be fair.