“Bitcoin mining was doing between $300 and $400 per megawatt hour. So Zcash said it's over double that right now”
“We were dedicating actually the majority of our resources towards monetizing waste energy with Bitcoin mining.”
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monetized waste energy by running Bitcoin mining operations in low-cost, abundant-energy locations
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