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Texas Energy Grid Paid Bitcoin Miner $31.7 Million to Stop Working Amid Heatwave

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The Lone Star State apparently loves cryptocurrency so much that it’s willing to pay mining firms to not do their jobs. One of those mining operations, called Riot Platforms, claims the state’s grid operator awarded it $31.7 million in energy credits last month for agreeing to cease operations amid a brutal August…

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Source: gizmodo.com