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Mining Bitcoin for Heat, Strawberries and Chickens

Mining Bitcoin for Heat, Strawberries and Chickens

There are strawberries growing in the village of Neuville, Quebec, in the middle of a Canadian winter. The small farm Le Caveau à Légumes is funneling the excess heat from crypto miners to battle the frost, and grow a rarity for the region. “Now is really cold, so we need the heat,” Melissa Girard, an agronomist at the small producer, told CoinDesk in a phone interview. “We couldn’t afford to produce strawberries if we had to pay for electricity.” The farm is among a growing number… Source link

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