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From "Why Texas Republicans are Souring on Crypto" from The Economist https://archive.ph/eIXGc

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[โ€“] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this is just extortion isn't it?

Ey nice power grid, be real unfortunate if someone were to use an excessive amount of electricity at peak times

[โ€“] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago

and when the state needs to shut down power use in an emergency its not the bitcoin farm that gets the power cut off, but the houses/apartments of working class people