Read_619 - Bitcoin Mining & The Gird, Part 1 - Generators [Blake King]

April 20, 2022 01:16:52
Read_619 - Bitcoin Mining & The Gird, Part 1 - Generators [Blake King]
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Read_619 - Bitcoin Mining & The Gird, Part 1 - Generators [Blake King]

Apr 20 2022 | 01:16:52

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Show Notes

"Bitcoin miners are unique because of how fast, transparent, and flexible their response can be to pricing fluctuations.  Riot’s Whinstone mining farm in Texas is a perfect example of miners powering down during tight conditions in ERCOT. During winter storms in February 2022, the site powered down 99% of its operations to reduce load. This flexibility made headlines.  Now imagine if ERCOT has visibility of every miner over 10 MW that’s connected to the transmission network. The price at which the machines breakeven would then become an integral aspect of wholesale power pricing because the bitcoin miners themselves can set the wholesale price." - Blake King Simply put, if you want to understand the intricacies of Bitcoin mining and the energy grid, you don't want to miss the first installment of this series. Follow Braiins and Blake King so you don't miss the coming installments, as well as Bitcoin Audible to hear them all in audio. LINK: https://braiins.com/blog/bitcoin-mining-the-grid-generators Check out the mentioned episode in the Guys' Take by Croesus. Bitcoin & the American West: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/read-587-bitcoin-the-american-west-croesus/id1359544516?i=1000545327475 You can earn Bitcoin by Donating Plasma in a new pilot program. I've put the details for you at the link below: guyswann.com/blood For the best products and services to get you started in Bitcoin, our sponsors are literally a handful of those that I use most in this space: • Get Bitcoin rewards on literally everything you buy with the Fold Card (guyswann.com/fold). Get 20% off with discount code BITCOINAUDIBLE. • Buy Bitcoin automatically and painlessly with SwanBitcoin (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Keep your Bitcoin keys safe on the secure, open source BitBox02 (guyswann.com/bitbox). Discount code GUY gets you 5% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message

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