sounds like Bhutan has a serious mining operation they started in 2020

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/the-kingdom-of-bhutan-has-been-mining-bitcoin-for-years/

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Only county with a ministry of happiness

Wait, actually? That's concerning.

Why does this concern you?

It's concerning that the USA has an emphasis on the "pursuit of happiness" but lost its way due to self-interested politicians.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness#:~:text=The%20body%20charged%20with%20implementing,Secretary%20of%20the%20GNH%20Commission.

What is the easiest, quickest, cheapest, material method of giving happiness? Inflicting pleasure.

The people will come to love their oppression.

One would think himalayan electricity would be expensive af.

But one also must consider how inefficient curtailing excess energy is. If they can generate in their wet season and mine, and change that demand with response to their drop in production, they're winning...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Bhutan#:~:text=Hydropower%20generation%20drops%20significantly%20in,of%20further%20sites%20in%20development.

It's better to have stacked and lost, than to never have stacked at all! ⚡️

It's a game of survival...