The Nuclear Bitcoiner on Nostr: For the most part everyone was very receptive to the idea. Typical stuff like why not ...
For the most part everyone was very receptive to the idea. Typical stuff like why not other cryptos, what about when issuance runs it's course, how do I get my hands on some of these ASICs, why not just a traditional datacenter...Margot and Troy's Locust and Dung Beetle paper was very helpful for that one
There was crazy smart Russian fella though that had some good challenges though. Mostly he was stuck in the old framework of why not just use diesel or gas for peaking because intentionally installing excess nuclear capacity, especially at first when SMRs are still very costly per MW projects, which is kind of true if the miner is buying power and not the asset owner. He was also hung up on how running ASICs at <95% load factor would have long payback. But as I explained that you can use different efficiency tiers to cover a range of load factors he seemed to be more open to the idea.
More than anything I spent most of the week educating folks on the history of monetary technologies, and ranting about negative societal impacts of inflationary money. For a highly educated bunch, they were sorely lacking in this area, unless they came from a nation where inflation is brutal.
There was crazy smart Russian fella though that had some good challenges though. Mostly he was stuck in the old framework of why not just use diesel or gas for peaking because intentionally installing excess nuclear capacity, especially at first when SMRs are still very costly per MW projects, which is kind of true if the miner is buying power and not the asset owner. He was also hung up on how running ASICs at <95% load factor would have long payback. But as I explained that you can use different efficiency tiers to cover a range of load factors he seemed to be more open to the idea.
More than anything I spent most of the week educating folks on the history of monetary technologies, and ranting about negative societal impacts of inflationary money. For a highly educated bunch, they were sorely lacking in this area, unless they came from a nation where inflation is brutal.