fwiw I read somewhere that miners shutting down to support the grid get financially compensated for that...
Well, as my favourite AI puts it, link or it didnt happen.
I find it like a bad joke tbh.
sry couldn't find the article that I read anymore...
but here is an older one from summer:
https://fortune.com/2022/07/12/texas-bitcoin-miners-paid-shut-down-power-grid-electricity-blackout-heat/For me it makes sense. Miners do an important service to grid security by relinquishing some of their profits. I think that's worth a reward at least partially.