Isn't that just creating more electronic waste that has to be disposed of or recycled?
Now what will be clever is using the flare divert technology to distill a portable energy source from that electricity that can be used for more productive uses. Creating a block of some reactive X that can more easily be shipped than the gas that created it.
Crypto is like motor sport is to car production. It's mostly pointless in itself, but may lead to technology improvements in computer science that can be employed usefully elsewhere.
Costless atomic swaps between existing banks for example.
Once the equipment is paid for, they could keep running the generator even if it's not competitive anymore. The fuel is free and they still need to burn off the methane.
If the electronics needs be taken out, I suppose there are heaters that are lower maintenance. But maybe someone decides that the generator is worth reselling?
Now what will be clever is using the flare divert technology to distill a portable energy source from that electricity that can be used for more productive uses. Creating a block of some reactive X that can more easily be shipped than the gas that created it.
Crypto is like motor sport is to car production. It's mostly pointless in itself, but may lead to technology improvements in computer science that can be employed usefully elsewhere.
Costless atomic swaps between existing banks for example.