One Brazilian solar plant wastes enough power to mine an estimated $20-25 million of Bitcoin a year.
The whole country's live Bitcoin mining captures just $3 million.
Other power producers are now moving to close that gap, a pattern I have not found anywhere else outside the US.
In Brazil, as with other countries, Bitcoin is being adopted as an energy solution
I cover this in my latest newsletter.
https://www.batcoinz.com/p/brazil-just-made-the-case-for-bitcoin
dsbatten / Daniel Batten
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2026-07-14 16:48:48 UTC
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