AI wants Bitcoin miners’ power, but the contracts reveal who really gets paid
Bitcoin miners spent years securing cheap electricity, building substations, and negotiating the grid connections needed to power their operations. Now AI companies want those connections so badly they're willing to make aging mines valuable real estate. The ASICs that mine Bitcoin are practically useless for training…
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Bitcoin
The first and largest cryptocurrency, created in 2009, with a fixed maximum supply and no central issuer.
Its price swings and adoption by funds and companies make it a bellwether for the whole crypto market.
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Computer systems that perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as understanding language, recognising images or making decisions.
AI is changing work, media and public services, raising questions about jobs, safety and regulation.
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