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Evidencing the scale of bitcoin mining curtailment in the U.S., Bitcoin’s hashrate has dropped roughly 8% since the storm swept the midwest and southeast.
Sigel also noted the drop in Bitcoin's hashrate caused network congestion and resulted in 14-minute block times.

Bitcoin is inextricably linked to the real world. This is one of the coolest things about it -- that there could be a system that connects the pretend world of bits and bytes with the real world of volts and watts.

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Mini boon for the heat punks

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Would this mean solo miners have increased odds?

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It should

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Nice advantage there. The cold week ahead of us means pool miners can crank their hashpower too. Love it.

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Mine are cranked up and the house is still cold. Need more miners!

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Does a winter storm really prove how Bitcoin links the digital network to the physical world?

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we need more bitaxes

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