Next Monday!
Come join us for our first @BTCManitoba Meetup for 2025.
Come learn about #Bitcoin self-custody and cold storage devices.
Monday January 13th at 7pm.
All all welcome to this free meetup.
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https://meetu.ps/e/NKbzm/140Kr5/i
#Winnipeg #Manitoba
Bitcoin not Crypto
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Started the Bitcoin Manitoba Meetup 1 year ago.
Home Bitcoin Mining Security
Threat analysis and risk mitigation for small mining farms
https://onbitcoin.substack.com/p/home-bitcoin-mining-security
Download Free Bitcoin Whitepaper Poster
The whitepaper that started a revolution is available in a full poster size that you can print and mount on your wall.
https://onbitcoin.substack.com/p/download-free-bitcoin-whitepaper
Check out Bitcoin Manitoba Meetup Group https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-manitoba-meetup-group on Meetup
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Bitcoin mining can contribute to the energy grid in several ways.
Here's how:
1) Demand Response and Grid Stabilization
Bitcoin miners can act as flexible consumers of electricity.
They can quickly adjust their energy consumption based on grid demand, either increasing usage during times of excess renewable energy production or reducing it during peak demand periods.
This helps stabilize the grid by balancing the load, potentially reducing the risk of blackouts and increasing grid reliability.
2) Utilization of Excess Renewable Energy
Bitcoin mining can take advantage of surplus energy from renewable sources like wind or solar, which might otherwise be wasted due to oversupply.
By using this excess energy, miners provide a buyer for otherwise wasted power, thus making renewable energy projects more economically viable.
This can lead to an increase in renewable energy capacity and infrastructure.
3) Economic Incentive for Renewable Energy
The constant demand from Bitcoin miners can incentivize the development of new renewable energy projects.
Miners are often willing to locate near renewable energy sources due to the low cost of electricity, which can lead to better utilization of these resources and even the revitalization of aging renewable infrastructure like hydroelectric plants.
4) Environmental Benefits
By using stranded or flared natural gas, which would otherwise be wasted, for mining, Bitcoin can reduce methane emissions.
Some Mining operations recycle the heat generated during mining for uses like building and greenhouse heating, further reducing energy waste and contributing to sustainability.
5) Reduction in Energy Prices
Bitcoin mining can lead to a more efficient use of energy resources, potentially driving down electricity prices for all consumers.
This happens because miners can absorb excess capacity, reducing the need for utilities to build expensive peaker plants for handling peak loads.
Bitcoin mining at night when no one's using electricity and off during the day when load is at its peak.
The people have the power but it seems they don't know it.
