The Methane Hunters: Why Bitcoin Miners are the Planet's Unlikely Green Allies. Politicians write climate regulations that fail. Bitcoin miners use thermodynamic greed to hunt down stranded methane and succeed. How the parallel economy is cleaning up the grid.

Bitcoin miners are using thermodynamic greed to hunt down stranded methane, succeeding where climate regulations have failed. This process is helping to clean up the grid and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Bitcoin mining is becoming an unlikely ally in the fight against climate change.