A startup in The Netherlands is using the heat generated by Bitcoin mining rigs to grow tulips, Agence France-Press reports - and the sheer irony, given the historical context, is absolutely mind-numbing.In the 17th century, demand for tulips - yes, the flower - spiked so sharply in Amsterdam that prices rose to staggeringly high levels, in a massive deviation between perceived and actual value that resulted in what is widely considered to be the first recorded economic bubble and subsequent collapse.
#years #environment #netherlands #agence-france #proposition #solar-panels #bitcoin-mining #natural-gas #european-central-bank
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