Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ suck up electricity, stress power grids in Central Washington – Sun, 27 May 2018 PST

Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ suck up electricity, stress power grids in Central Washington Sun., May 27, 2018, 12:38 p.m. The large amounts of electricity used by computer servers for cryptocurrency “mining” pose a growing challenge for utilities such as Chelan Public Utility District, to which such operations are drawn by the cheap rates for power. This unauthorized set-up in Cashmere was discovered in 2015. (Chelan PUD / Chelan PUD) By Paul Roberts Seattle Times SMS
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