Brazil cuts Bitcoin miner import tax to zero and companies may plug them into stranded solar next

On Feb. 20, Brazil's foreign trade council published a technical resolution reducing import duties to zero for a narrow class of hardware: SHA256 Bitcoin miners exceeding 200 terahashes per second with energy efficiency below 20 joules per terahash. Three days later, French state-owned energy giant Engie told Reuters it was considering installing Bitcoin miners at […] The post Brazil cuts Bitcoin miner import tax to zero and companies may plug them into stranded solar next appeared first on CryptoSlate.