[peyton]

You’re suggesting Bhutan alter their national energy mix rather than run a Bitcoin mining operation?

Bhutan has 0.15 vehicles per capita, among the lowest in the world. 47% of their popular has no education. You’re saying Bhutan should build a smart grid for EVs rather than run a Bitcoin mining operation?

I think that’s kinda ridiculous.

[lordlimecat]

Bitcoin mining generates literally no value for 99.99% of the population, so anything that improves the infrastructure is going to be more valuable than that.

[MadcapJake]

The maintenance cost of an EV network would far outweigh the cost to maintain a mining op.

[arcticbull]

Not really, I'm suggesting they sell more power to India which is what they do already. They can do that by lowering the price per kWh.

> You’re saying Bhutan should build a smart grid for EVs rather than run a Bitcoin mining operation? I think that’s kinda ridiculous.

Not just EVs, there's plenty of things you can make demand-responsive. Do something - anything - with it. Electrolyze water for hydrogen. Electric smelters. Power for a data center! The world is your oyster.

What's ridiculous is wasting the power on lotto tickets and e-waste and furthering the single least efficient technology humanity has ever conceived of.