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What percent of the electricity used by Bitcoin miners is generated by fossil fuels?

My impression is that most miners are located to take advantage of locales with very cheap hydroelectric/geothermal or take advantage of subsidized/overbuilt renewables. But I could be wrong. Any data on this?

parent dcolkitt 5 years ago

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