100 sats \ 3 replies \ @BTCMiner 5 Feb \ parent \ on: My MSNBC Friend bitcoin
But most miners aren't set up to power off when the grid needs additional power -- except for some in Texas, and maybe a few others elsewhere. It is technically possible to do, most everywhere, but there is investment and operational costs borne by the miner to make that happen, and essentially no benefit to the miner for doing that -- unless there are agreements in place benefitting the miner for not taking that power.
What is missing is the desire by the producers to take advantage of this opportunity to make use of this "rolling reserve" power source. That may come eventually but the generation plants quite like it being able to charge whatever they want and not have to partner with (i.e., rely on) anybody else to help with the supply.
See the introduction, here:
Running a solar-powered Bitcoin/Lightning Node & Lottery Miner — Introduction
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https://medium.com/@ne0nblack/running-a-solar-powered-bitcoin-lightning-node-lottery-miner-introduction-12005bd06960