Texas paid a bitcoin miner more than $31 million to power down during heat wave

Texas paid a bitcoin miner more than $31 million to power down during heat wave

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Get TPR's best stories of the day and a jump start to the weekend with the 321 Newsletter — straight to your inbox every day. Sign up for it here. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) paid a bitcoin miner $31.7 million in energy credits in August to not mine bitcoin. During the August…

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