The Dark Math Behind El Salvador’s Expensive Power And Bitcoin Mining | Josue Lopez
Oct 29, 2025
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El Salvador is leading the world in Bitcoin adoption, but under the hood, its energy market tells a darker story. Josué López breaks down the brutal math behind El Salvador’s electricity costs and why mining Bitcoin here seems “impossible” under the current system.
Decades of corruption and a pricing system tied to costly diesel generation reveal how El Salvador’s so-called “sustainable” energy model remains economically broken.