Using otherwise flared natural gas to generate on-site electricity for mining; emissions depend on equipment and the counterfactual flare.
Flare-gas mining is best understood as part of a system rather than as an isolated definition. Its related coordinates show the mechanisms, incentives and historical records that give the term practical meaning.
Flare-gas mining sits between protocol rules, economic incentives and software operated by independent participants. In Bitcoin, no component is authoritative by itself: miners propose history, fully validating nodes enforce validity, and users decide which rules and software they accept.
Understanding Flare-gas mining helps distinguish a verifiable Bitcoin mechanism or historical record from slogans, products and market narratives.
For the clearest picture, read this entry together with Stranded-energy mining, Methane mitigation, Behind-the-meter mining. The reverse links also lead from Stranded-energy mining, Landfill-gas mining, Methane mitigation.
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Explains function and trade-offs
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