NY power plant cuts out the middleman by mining its own Bitcoin, at a rate of $50K per day

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NY power plant cuts out the middleman by mining its own Bitcoin, at a rate of $50K per day

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https://www.techspot.com/news/84283-pow ... coins.html

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Well, they DO have the power for it. lol
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What a total and complete waste of resources.
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Why? They're doing something with the surplus power.
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Using resources to make "fake" items. If they have that much surplus they need to be more efficient with their boilers. Unless its a nuclear plant then do whatever.
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"fake" items netting them 50K a day is pretty decent.
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Again... 50K of what... currency... waste of resources.
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As long as they're cashing it out on a regular basis, it's real money.
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