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更多绿色能源：加密采矿拯救了哥斯达黎加的一座水力发电厂
Green energy powers most of Bitcoin mining and the world might as well face it. And the rest of the cryptocurrencies that use Proof-Of-Work might be right behind, because they follow the same incentives. In their quest for cheaper energy sources, they all reach the same conclusion. Humanity is wasting renewable energy all over the world. And wasted energy is the cheapest of them all.
在今天的故事中，一家不得不暂停运营九个月的水电站发现了加密货币挖矿并获得了他们需要的梦想客户。 路透社为我们揭开了这个故事的序幕：
“由于中美洲国家电力供应过剩，政府在大流行期间停止购买电力，该工厂在 30 年后被迫进行自我改造，该州垄断了能源分配。”
一个国家需要多少绿色能源才能停止从清洁水电站购买？ 好吧，根据hydropower.org：
“截至 2016 年底，哥斯达黎加的水电总装机容量达到 2.12 吉瓦。 该国连续第二年成为头条新闻，实现 100% 的可再生电力生产，共 271 天。”
加密采矿是如何进入水力发电厂的？每个会说话的人和他们的祖母都通过传统媒体传播 ESG FUD。 这蔓延到社交媒体，每个人都非常肯定加密采矿正在沸腾海洋。 正因为如此，工厂的所有者爱德华多·库珀（Eduardo Kooper）怀疑走加密货币挖矿路线。 然而，他们只需要转向。 他们尝试了其他冒险，比如制作冷冻食品，但都没有奏效。 没有其他选择。
“起初我很怀疑，但我们看到这项业务消耗大量能源，我们有盈余。”
这家水力发电公司拥有价值 13.5 万美元的三座工厂和 500,000 兆瓦的容量，投资 XNUMX 美元来投资托管数字采矿计算机。”
Why would miners move their operation to a hydro plant, though? Wouldn’t it be more comfortable doing it at home? They are heavily incentivized to look for the cheapest energy possible, that’s why. And green energy is renewable. Coal is not. The Reuters report quotes one of the hydropower plant’s satisfied customers:
“Installing it in this place is much more profitable than at home,” at almost half the cost, he calculated, after connecting his computer to the network at the river-powered plant.”
生意就是生意。
BTC price chart for 01/12/2022 on OkCoin | Source: BTC/USD on TradingView.com Green Energy And Crypto Mining, A Match Made In HeavenWe at NewsBTC have been telling you this. Bitcoin mining incentivizes the creation of green energy infrastructure. And it can finance green energy plants already in place. Mining provides both a buyer of first resort and a buyer of last resort. Three months ago, we wrote:
“A whitepaper by the Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative from earlier this year had explained how bitcoin mining, when using renewable energy, “is especially suited to accelerate the energy transition” towards a cleaner electricity grid.”
And two months ago, in an article on how Bitcoin mining is helping the Navajo Nation in more ways than one, we told you:
“随着世界试图逐步淘汰燃煤能源，纳瓦霍人不断创新以跟上时代的步伐。 据纳瓦霍部落公用事业管理局总裁沃尔特·哈斯 (Walter Hasse) 说，“我有多余的电力，我仍然需要支付和处理。 现在，我想建立可再生能源来替代我在全国范围内失去的煤炭资源。 我需要有人来消耗这种可再生能源。”
而随着 Bitcoin mining, they have that buyer. And now, the other PoW cryptocurrencies can follow Bitcoin’s example. In Costa Rica, the other side of the world, a power station manager reaches the same conclusion as the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority president. Quoting Reuters again:
“库珀说，国际加密货币矿工正在寻找清洁、廉价的能源和稳定的互联网连接，而哥斯达黎加拥有充足的资源。 然而，他表示哥斯达黎加政府应该更加积极地尝试吸引更多的加密采矿业务，尽管他没有给出具体细节。”
我们应得的绿色能源未来工作量证明采矿对地球来说是一个净积极因素。 它将引领我们走向人类梦寐以求的绿色能源未来。 这是唯一可以做到这一点的行业。 革命已经在进行中。
特色图片：路透社视频报道截图 | TradingView的图表原始来源： NewsBTC