Just in: EEP (Ethiopia Electric Power) revenue from Bitcoin mining for the last year estimated to be 220 Million The revenue allowed EEP to progress building of the Transmission network with * 28,571 km new power lines were constructed and over * 8,700 substation bays installed The new infrastructure delivers energy to parts of rural Ethiopia that previously had no electricity access, Along with @gridless' micro-hydro/Bitcoin mining projects in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia this provides another tangible example of where Bitcoin mining is reducing energy poverty in Africa at scale. This is something much talked about, but which no other technology has managed to do at scale until now.(Daniel Batten)