npub1gf…rgavn on Nostr: Most people don’t realise that oil fields burn off massive amounts of natural gas ...

Most people don’t realise that oil fields burn off massive amounts of natural gas every single day — just wasted, gone into the atmosphere.
Bitcoin miners figured out something clever: why not use that gas to power mining rigs right there on-site?
Instead of lighting money on fire (literally), energy companies are now turning that waste into actual revenue. No pipelines needed. No grid connection. Just a generator, some mining hardware, and gas that was going to burn anyway.
It’s one of those rare situations where an environmental problem and a financial incentive happen to point in the same direction.
The oil patch is quietly becoming one of Bitcoin’s most interesting power sources. 🔥

& still some uninformed sceptics of ₿ claim bitcoin has no real-use case 🙄