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BCB110_ERIK HERSMAN: Powering Africa’s Future—Bitcoin as a Solution to the African Energy Problem

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The Impact of Gridless on the Local Grid

The majority of these power producers that you guys are in talks with or dealing with, how are they producing the power? Is it hydroelectric? Is it solar, especially more off the grid further into the middle of nowhere? What is the primary method that they're producing power with? So we've primarily worked with hydro. That's because we get 24 seven on it. Whereas the real numbers that I can't remember exactly what it is, but it's something like 85% of all of the mini grids in Africa are actually solar.

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