Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The company has its roots in the very dirtiest kinds of Bitcoin mining. Its top execs ...
The company has its roots in the very dirtiest kinds of Bitcoin mining. Its top execs (including CEO Paul Prager) were involved with Beowulf Energy LLC, a company that convinced struggling coal plant operators to keep operating in order to fuel Bitcoin mining rigs. There's evidence that top execs at Terawulf, the "carbon neutral" Bitcoin mining op, are also running Beowulf, the *coal* Bitcoin mining op.
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