Kuwait is cracking down on crypto mining due to the strain it's causing to the grid, which is roughly split between oil- and gas-fired generators. 

What do you guys think of this? 

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kuwait-cracks-down-cryptocurrency-mining-amid-power-crisis-2025-05-01/

Mining can make grids more resilient because they are price sensitive and interruptible. @nic has written about this

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Mining can make grids more resilient because they are price sensitive and interruptible. @nic has written about this 

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4634256

This is super interesting. Reminds me of this Duke University research I wrote about recently.

This is super interesting. Reminds me of this Duke University research I wrote about recently. https://kaufman.substack.com/p/study-finds-a-way-to-power-the-ai