Daim ntawv tshaj tawm: Texas Kev txom nyem los ntawm ntau dhau BTC Mining

Puas yog bitcoin mining khiav lub xeev Texas rau hauv av?

Texas tuaj yeem ua rau sab tsis ncaj ncees

Texas tshaj tawm nws tus kheej qhib rau bitcoin mining txog ob xyoos dhau los. Lub sijhawm ntawd, lub tebchaws Suav tau hais tias qhov kev coj ua yuav raug tshaj tawm tsis raug cai, txhais tau hais tias cov neeg koom nrog crypto mining nyob rau hauv nws ciam teb yuav tsum nrhiav qhov chaw tshiab los teeb tsa khw, thiab Lone Star State zoo li thaj chaw zoo muab nws muaj. loj qhib av thiab pheej yig hluav taws xob.

Txawm li cas los xij, raws li tsab ntawv ceeb toom tshiab los ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob ntawm Texas (ERCOT), txhua yam tab tom pib txav mus rau qhov tsis zoo. Cov ntaub ntawv hais tias:

Cov lag luam yav tom ntej crypto mining tau thov kom muab kwv yees li 33,000 megawatts ntxiv rau hauv ERCOT kev sib cuam tshuam kab nyob rau ob peb xyoos tom ntej no (tsawg zog rau tag nrho lub xeev Florida)… Ib qho kev lag luam bitcoin siv ze li ntawm 1,452 kilowatt-teev (kWh) hluav taws xob, sib npaug. rau kev siv hluav taws xob ntawm tsev neeg Asmeskas nruab nrab rau ze li 50 hnub.

Ib tsab xov xwm cais hais tias:

Lawv qhov kev siv hluav taws xob loj ua ke nrog lawv lub peev xwm los kaw yuav luag tam sim ntawd tso cai rau qee lub tuam txhab txuag nyiaj thiab tau nyiaj los ntawm deftly rub cov levers ntawm US fais fab kev lag luam… Hauv kev xyaum, lawv tsis tshua raug hais kom kaw. Ntau lub tuam txhab raug them los ntawm cov ntawv cog lus no [feem ntau] ntawm lub sijhawm lawv ua haujlwm. Feem ntau xyoo, lawv raug hais kom tua tsuas yog ob peb teev, thaum lub sijhawm lawv tau them ntau dua.

Tsis ntev dhau los, nws tau tshaj tawm tias Texas tau them ib lub tuam txhab bitcoin mining tshwj xeeb los kaw nws cov tshuab thaum lub sijhawm muaj cua daj cua dub hnyav. Zuag qhia tag nrho, lub tuam txhab ntawd tau ua nyiaj ntau lab daus las ua tsis muaj dab tsi nyob rau ob peb lub lis piam. ERCOT hais tias nws tsis tab tom nrhiav kev ntxub ntxaug rau cov tuam txhab lag luam tab tom nrhiav teeb tsa hauv Texas, thiab nws tsis muaj teeb meem nrog cov tuam txhab nrhiav kom muab cov kev pabcuam tshwj xeeb. Nws hais tias:

Peb xav kom muaj peev xwm ua haujlwm rau txhua qhov kev lag luam uas xav ua lag luam hauv Texas, thiab suav nrog crypto miners.

Ed Hirs - University of Houston tus kws tshaj lij kev lag luam hluav taws xob - ntseeg tias ntau qhov kev siv hluav taws xob ntau dhau los pom hauv kev lag luam mining hauv Texas yuav poob mus rau lub xub pwg nyom ntawm cov pej xeem niaj hnub. Nws hais hauv kev xam phaj:

Ironically, thaum tib neeg tau them nyiaj ntau tshaj rau lawv lub zog, lossis poob nws tag nrho, cov miners tau txais nyiaj muag lub zog rov qab rau Texans ntawm tus nqi 100 npaug ntawm qhov lawv them.

Ordinary Citizens Bearing the Burden?

Ib txoj kev tshawb fawb ua los ntawm kev tshawb fawb tuam txhab Wood Mackenzie vib nas this, hais tias:

Kev thov nce ntxiv tau ua rau cov nqi hluav taws xob rau cov neeg siv hluav taws xob tau nce ze li tsib feem pua, lossis $ 1.8 billion ib xyoos. Nyob rau hauv West Texas, qhov twg ob peb bitcoin mines tau daws, cov nqi tau nce ze li cuaj feem pua.

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