You gotta hand it to Daniel Batten for beating this drum consistently. He mostly posts on X, but he's been super consistent about Bitcoin mining's benefits to power systems around the world (and knocking down "boil the oceans" FUD). some pretty cool numbers in his linked sources.
Just in: EEP (Ethiopia Electric Power) revenue from Bitcoin mining for the last year estimated to be $220 MillionThe revenue allowed EEP to progress building of the Transmission network with
- 28,571 km new power lines were constructed and over * 8,700 substation bays installed
The new infrastructure delivers energy to parts of rural Ethiopia that previously had no electricity access,Along with @gridless' micro-hydro/Bitcoin mining projects in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia this provides another tangible example of where Bitcoin mining is reducing energy poverty in Africa at scale.This is something much talked about, but which no other technology has managed to do at scale until now.sources for renewable Bitcoin mining in Ethiopia:
- https://www.addisinsight.net/2025/08/07/ethiopian-electric-power-reports-record-75-4-billion-birr-revenue-as-gerd-powers-energy-boom/
- https://birrmetrics.com/ethiopia-electric-power-revenue-hits-br75-4-bln-amid-surge-in-data-mining-demand/
sources for renewable Bitcoin mining in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia: