For additional comments on this development, see also another post found here on SN where the FT article referenced in The Independent was shared: 

*US scientists boost clean power hopes with fusion energy breakthrough*
https://stacker.news/items/105698
https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7 [[Archive]()]

cryptocoin

Not quite ready to pop the champagne.

> This new fusion breakthrough..is awesome...but read further "Commercialization of fusion energy is almost certainly still decades way away"

https://twitter.com/chigrl/status/1602050171789008900 [[Nitter](https://nitter.at/chigrl/status/1602050171789008900)]

Just think of all the BTC they could mine. 