Comment on Why crypto could be green power's unlikely new best friend
Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Why don’t we store it and use it another time?
Of course, if you are doing the computation for some vital services, it make sense to do VRE availability based demand side management as much as possible. But doing computation for some proof of work algorithm is basically computing for the sake of computing more, and I just cannot grasp the rationale behind it.
SwingingKoala@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
This option is NOT available everywhere, and that is where bitcoin mining shines. See e.g. Gridless.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 10 months ago
That's why you invest in those storage options - not some GPUs to convert the energy to produce waste heat
SwingingKoala@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Again, that option is NOT available everywhere. Brain, turn it on.