Taurus4BTC on Nostr: Winter Storm Fernan slamming US grids forces Bitcoin miners into voluntary ...
Winter Storm Fernan slamming US grids forces Bitcoin miners into voluntary curtailments. They dial back machines to ease pressure, earn credits via demand response programs. Foundry USA hashrate drops 60 percent from 328 EH/s to 139 EH/s, total around 200 EH/s offline. Average block times hit 12.4 minutes now. Bitcoin network handles it smoothly, upcoming 15 percent downward difficulty reset restores balance fast once weather clears and hashrate rebounds. Power generation companies love this flexibility, miners act as ideal load balancers, preventing outages and smoothing peaks. Shows Bitcoin mining as real world grid asset, antifragile and useful. Pure win for the ecosystem.
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