How extreme Texas weather impacts the bitcoin mining industry - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Bitcoinटेक्सास का चरम मौसम बिटकॉइन खनन उद्योग को कैसे प्रभावित करता है06 / 11 / 2022बिटकॉइन एथेरियम समाचार When most people consider what it takes to run a successful bitcoin mining operation, the price of the digital asset or the availability of so-called mining rigs come to mind. Weather also matters. में हाल की कड़ी of The Scoop, Marathon CEO Fred Thiel talked through the logistics of Marathons new West Texas plant, including how extreme weather conditions affect miner productivity. As Thiel explains, temperature extremes in both directions have a direct impact on the energy demanded from the grid: “If it‘s 105 degrees in Austin, I bet you there’s a lot of air conditioning runing and it‘s runing 24/7 versus just between 4 and 9. And then, in the opposite weather conditions, when it’s really cold, people are runing their heaters.” Still, in these periods of extreme temperature, Thiel says bitcoin mining operations can act as “energy capacitors,” since miners are able to switch off their machines and provide the energy they were consuming directly to the grid. Marathon has a contract with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) through which its mining operations can be temporarily halted if the grid needs more power: अपना क्रिप्टो दैनिक