Bitcoin was created by Satoshi to enrich humanity.
Shitcoins were created by a bunch of swindlers to enrich themselves and their friends.
Act accordingly.
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I think you'll be welcome.
Grok response to my questions:
1. Could an imbalance between very high renewable generation and very low demand cause a blackout?
Yes, absolutely.
In a grid, generation must exactly match demand at every instant. If supply wildly exceeds demand, grid frequency rises (in Europe, from the nominal 50 Hz), and protective systems kick in to shed load or disconnect generation to protect equipment and grid stability. If the imbalance is too sudden or too large, cascading failures and blackouts can occur.
In your scenario:
High solar (fotovoltaic) + high wind (eolic) during spring midday.
Low demand (moderate temperatures, no AC/heating) + railway strike (trains are major electricity consumers).
This is the perfect recipe for an overgeneration event.
Spain has already been experiencing negative electricity prices at midday in spring 2024, showing there’s too much generation compared to consumption.
If grid operators (like REE, Red Eléctrica de España) couldn't curtail enough solar/wind or couldn't redirect or export the excess energy fast enough, a blackout could indeed happen.
2. Could bitcoin mining help balance the grid to avoid this kind of blackout?
In theory, yes — and this is increasingly being considered seriously worldwide.
Bitcoin mining is extremely flexible: it can ramp up or down almost instantly, without caring about minor interruptions (unlike industrial processes).
Demand response role: When there's too much generation, bitcoin miners could absorb excess electricity, keeping frequency stable.
Curtailment mitigation: Instead of curtailing (wasting) clean energy, it would be put to use.
Incentives: Miners could set up agreements with the grid operator to only mine during periods of overgeneration or negative prices — profiting when otherwise electricity would be wasted.
Challenges:
Public perception: Bitcoin mining has a bad environmental reputation (even if here it would use otherwise-wasted renewable energy).
Regulatory issues: Spain has strict regulations on energy use, and installing large mining operations might require permitting and political will.
Economic feasibility: Miners would need very cheap access to stranded renewables, and infrastructure might be needed in specific rural zones.
In short:
✅ Overgeneration in Spain could definitely cause blackouts.
✅ Bitcoin mining could technically be part of a flexible demand response strategy to stabilize the grid during these periods — if properly managed and accepted.
Spain has a huge impact of intermittent renewable power generation on its electricity grid (fotovoltaic, solar and eolic generation).
Also Spain is now in the spring season, not much need for air conditioning.
What if there was a huge imbalance between a large amount of generation added in the middle of a sunny and windy day and a very low demand for electricity, which was even lower due to a strike in the railway system?
Could this have been the cause of the blackout?
Can bitcoin mining help balance the grid to avoid this kind of blackout? 
Sin embargo, debemos seguir explicando porqué Bitcoin es importate. Y eso implica hablar con nocoiners ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I would agree on renaming sats to bits, thus 1 Bitcoin = 100 million bits.
The time is NOW.
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Lend or borrow on a unique #p2p platform - on YOUR TERMS.
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THE TIME IS NOW!
Bitcoin no confronta con los gobiernos. Los ignora.
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Rechazamos a los guardianes.
Desafiamos fronteras, jerarquías e intermediarios.
El código es nuestro pasaporte. El acceso es nuestro derecho.
Las tecnologías sin permiso defienden las libertades.
Fomentan la confianza sin instituciones.
Facilitan la acción sin aprobación.
Nadie pide permiso para hablar.
Nadie ruega a nadie para construir.
Nadie espera para cambiar.
Construimos sistemas que no se pueden apagar.
Creamos herramientas que le sirven a todos, no a unos pocos.
Escribimos código que libera, no que controla.
Esto no es solo infraestructura.
Es una revolución:
silenciosa, soberana, imparable.
No pedimos permiso.
Desplegamos código.
nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyehwumn8ghj7mnhvvh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7ctewe4xcetfd3khsvrpdsmk5vnsw96rydr3v4jrz73hvyu8xqpqsg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q8dzj6n showed me nostr recently. Reminds me of a writeup I did back in 2021 on decentralized social media:
https://rossulbricht.medium.com/decentralize-social-media-cc47dcfd4f99
I'll be mirroring my X account here and hopefully finding some good conversations.
Welcome to Nostr, Ross!
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https://rossulbricht.medium.com/decentralize-social-media-cc47dcfd4f99
I'll be mirroring my X account here and hopefully finding some good conversations.
Welcome to the freedom world, Ross! In every sense of the word!
:P
Where will Bitcoin be when it reaches block 1,000,000?
Hodlers: Those who just hold all possible BTC their fiat can buy.
Maximalist: Those who already don't have any more fiat and use their BTC as collateral to borrow more fiat to buy more Bitcoin :)
Unfortunately, most of the people don't even know what an UTXO is, let alone consolidate them :(
"Nostr continues to evolve beyond a simple relay-based protocol into a foundational layer for decentralized identity, communication, and financial transactions."
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How long until the become Terminators?
I love nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez notifications feed and how fast it loads from my nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll instance.
Awesome work, guys!
This would be a good thread to clarify how miners own templates work in OCEAN. 🙏
I was the poet, you were the scientist :)
Clouds painted by a sudden rainbow! 
The best political action is stacking sats and forget about politics!
Have you already visited Comuna 13?
Wow! This looks way worse than the Milei crypto scam!
We're pleased to announce that Coinos is now available as a native Android app. You can find it in Zapstore (https://zapstore.dev/) and Obtainium (https://obtainium.imranr.dev/) or download the APK file from our Github page: https://github.com/coinos/coinos-ui/releases/tag/v1.0.0
We're currently seeking internal testers to help us get into the Google Play Store as well. If you're willing to help with that, please join the testing program here: https://play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4700271962235712116 or send us your email address.
The Android app doesn't offer anything new or different from our existing Progressive Web App other than the ability to open bitcoin: lightning: and nostr: links natively
In fact the Android app is just a simple wrapper around our web app, but we hope that by releasing it we'll be more easily discoverable for people who search for Coinos in the Play Store.
We'll be looking into releasing an iOS app in the future as well.
Trying to send a zap using the app I got across this:
