US judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use
www.theguardian.com
Federal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usage
  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    641·
    9 months ago

    Ie: “no you can’t shut down crypto miners for pointless ecological destruction, I’m making great money off their wasteful power usage”

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      521·
      9 months ago

      This isn’t even an effort to shut them down; just report the harm they do.

      • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
        201·
        9 months ago

        But that might lead to eventually maybe doing somethinginvestors!

        Think of the investers!

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        101·
        9 months ago

        Documenting the harm is one of the first steps to ending it…

        "stop these atrocities!’ “what atrocities? You’ve no evidence what’s happening is bad.”