Why Texas weather affects your Bitcoin transaction: Bitcoin block times so slow yesterday afternoon. I got more than 1 message about this! That's because Texas is having a record breaking energy pricing event and ERCOT's 4CP is firing. 4CP = "Four Coincident Peak" ERCOT (Texas's grid) tracks the single highest 15-minute grid demand interval in each of June, July, August, and September. Large commercial and industrial customers (including datacenters) that are on wholesale transmission tariffs get billed a share of transmission costs based on their own usage during those four specific 15-minute windows. TL;DR: If you don't know which interval will be the peak, the strategy is just to curtail/turn off during the high risk loads windows (typically 4p - 7p US Central) SO if it's going to be stupidly hot in Texas, your bitcoin transaction will probably take longer to confirm in the afternoon. https://x.com/douglewinenergy/status/2074265962157670557?s=20 https://x.com/JessePeltan/status/2074355072775925768?s=20(cbspears ◉)