2026-01-13 17:30:24

Leveraging surplus energy for crypto mining is actually a straightforward opportunity—at least on paper.

France took a shot at formalizing this approach in June 2025, but the proposal got blocked for political reasons. Funny enough, what sounds controversial on the legislative front is already quietly happening. EDF's subsidiary Exaion has been quietly running mining operations in the background for a while now.

The catch? Europe's dealing with serious energy constraints right now. So officially green-lighting this practice becomes tricky, even though the infrastructure and business case already exist. It's a classic gap between what's politically feasible and what the market is already doing.

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TokenomicsTrapper

· 5h ago

lmao the classic "we'll ban it publicly while doing it privately" playbook... europe really said "rules for thee but not for EDF" huh. actually if you read the fine print on that june proposal, textbook political theater while the real money's already been moving. predictably dumping on regulatory schedule tbh

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WalletWhisperer

· 5h ago

the regulatory theater is peak—france draws a line in the sand while exaion's already printing satoshis behind the curtain. classic market inefficiency: politics moves at snail pace, capital moves at light speed. energy constraints are just noise in the signal if you're reading the wallet behaviors correctly.

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MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

· 6h ago

Ha, it's that same "perfect on paper" trick again. The fact that EDF is secretly mining has long been understood internally; do they really have to wait for the government to make an announcement? Laughable, rules will never keep up with the pace of the market.

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BagHolderTillRetire

· 6h ago

Haha, France's move this time is really impressive. They say it's not possible, but secretly they've already started digging.

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