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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
Gachapin
on 26/12/2022, 22:10:22 UTC
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 didn’t 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.