Ep. 32 Bitcoin Mining's Impact on Grid Stability with ERCOT

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Hey everyone, welcome to this week’s release of the Hashrate Happy Hour Podcast. We have another very special episode, today I am joined by both Evan Neel and Agee Springer of ERCOT.

We spend some time talking through who ERCOT is, the scale of the grid compared to the total capacity of bitcoin mining that they are aware of, and we wrap up with some of the potential challenges presented by this much flexible load on the grid system.

This was phenomenal perspective to hear directly from ERCOT about large flexible loads like bitcoin mining and the impacts it is having on the grid.

You can find more about ERCOT here: https://www.ercot.com/

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