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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 14h \ parent \ on: Poll 286: What's behind Bitcoin's recent sharp mining difficulty drop? bitcoin
It’s not about the cooling of the machines- Miners have wholesale per hour pricing for electricity, and heat wave means higher A/C use, so miners get much higher prices and they power machines off to remain economical.
At the same time this process reinforces the energy grid, by selling extra electricity to Bitcoin miners- more power generation can come online, and during peak demand hours (hot days using A/C) the miners power off and the people enjoy a huge buffer for energy demand.
Bitcoin is pretty great for humanity.