Douglas County
01/15/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Cryptocurrency is now breaking the power grid of a U.S. county as electrical consumption for Bitcoin mining reaches “insane” territory
The amount of electricity required to mine and transact Bitcoin is now so high that a small county in Washington state is having to kick production into overdrive. According to reports, Douglas County, located in almost the dead-center of the state, has some of the cheapest electricity rates in the country, and this has created heavy […]
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