{"id":26403,"date":"2024-03-04T23:36:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T23:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=26403"},"modified":"2024-03-05T00:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:03:40","slug":"bitcoin-mining-riot-platforms-10-k-is-full-of-tentacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2024\/03\/04\/bitcoin-mining-riot-platforms-10-k-is-full-of-tentacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin mining: Riot Platforms\u2019 10-K is full of tentacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were going to do a quick news update on the world of bitcoin mining \u2014then we got hold of Riot\u2019s 10-K filing for 2023. Hoo boy. The tawdry mess is over at Amy&#8217;s blog. [<a href=\"https:\/\/amycastor.com\/2024\/03\/04\/bitcoin-mining-riot-platforms-10-k-is-full-of-tentacles\/\"><em>Amy Castor<\/em><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also: miner noise across the US; power you&#8217;re not allowed to measure; miners in Ethiopia; miners in El Salvador rusting in the sun and likely stripped for scrap metal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2024\/03\/04\/bitcoin-mining-riot-platforms-10-k-is-full-of-tentacles\/tentacles\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26404\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tentacles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tentacles.jpg 680w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tentacles-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tentacles-348x215.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<br><br><div align=\"center\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\"><img src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/become_a_patron_button.svg\" alt=\"Become a Patron!\" title=\"Become a Patron!\" width=217 height=51><\/a><br><p style=\"align:center;\" class=\"patreon-badge\"><i>Your subscriptions keep this site going. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\">Sign up today!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme noise terror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1717,898,745],"class_list":["post-26403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-mining","tag-riot-blockchain","tag-united-states"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tentacles.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26403"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26409,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26403\/revisions\/26409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}