Jimmy Carr Tells UK To Mine Bitcoin With Wasted Night-Time Power
UK comedian and TV host Jimmy Carr suggested the British state should consider mining bitcoin using electricity that would otherwise go unused overnight, framing the idea as part of a broader push for more “radical” thinking about public finances. Will The UK Mine Bitcoin With Excess Energy? Carr made the comments in a Dec. 11 […]
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A Kenyan bitcoin mining company, Gridless, recently revealed how it is helping local communities reduce electricity costs by using excess generated power to mine bitcoin. The Gridless model has been hailed because it potentially helps to decentralize bitcoin mining as well as move some hashpower to Africa.
Using Wasted Energy to Mine Bitcoin
Gridless, a Kenya-based crypto mining company, has said the excess electricity from mini-grid hydro generators is now being used to mine bitcoin. The revenue generated from bitcoin mining helps to reduce or subsidize the cost of....
Senator Cruz predicts that Bitcoin mining will be used to capture wasted renewables and Texas’ power grid within five years. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz believes The United States should be using natural gas to mine Bitcoin instead of flaring it.Speaking during the Oct. 8 Texas Blockchain Summit, Senator Cruz asserted that Bitcoin mining can be used to monetize energy created through oil and gas extraction rather than burning it, arguing that there is “enormous opportunity for Bitcoin [...] to capture that gas instead of wasting it.”According to a transcription of the talk shared to social media....
Wesco has stopped flaring excess natural gas and is now using it to mine bitcoin, reducing carbon emissions and increasing profits.
Programmer, author, podcaster, and all-around legend Jimmy Song made the pilgrimage to El Salvador. He wrote about his first impressions on his Bitcoin Tech Talk newsletter and his perspective deserves a place in the From The Ground series. Instead of going to the specifics, Jimmy Song used a wide lens and detached himself from the […]
This time, UFC Fight Night heads to Portland Oregon and features some of the top Bantamweight contenders: John Lineker vs. John Dodson. Also on the card is Will Brooks — with only one fight in the UFC under his belt — who challenges Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira. The featured fight of the night pass prelims has MMA Stalwart Nate the Great Marquardt. This will be his 56th fight as he faces off vs. Tamdan “The Barn Cat” Mc Crory. Bitcoin as a way to bet on MMA is growing in popularity. Nearly every sports bettor has heard of bitcoin, and it is just a matter of time before it becomes the standard....