For all the pros that Bitcoins have, there’s one con that’s particular bad: The fact that Bitcoin mining uses more electricity than all of Ireland. That’s because bitcoin mining utilizes specialized computers to churn through extremely power-intensive computing processes. In order to find cheap electricity, some Bitcoin miners who own Teslas started using them to get free electricity.
How some Tesla owners are mining bitcoins with free power from charging stations
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