To be clear, in the thread you are replying to I was clear that renewables _may_ be used for hashing significantly during low cost periods, _in the future _. I'm not claiming that's a significant thing yet. Right now the #1 renewable used for Bitcoin mining is probably still stranded hydro.
Peter Todd's avatar Peter Todd
Yup. Unfortunately FPPS is a really valuable product for many hashers. Variance matters when you have bills to pay. It's possible that increased usage of renewables helps change this, as then at least hashers won't be paying power bills. But a lot of them will still have used debt to fund their other costs...
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PL 1 year ago
I was not referring to any of your other treads I was just answering this specific tread. Renewable Energy is my daily reality. I agree that stranded hydro is the best use case but it’s not as common as miners would want and more than generators like…