Bitcoin: Hard Money You Can't F*ck With: Why bitcoin will be the next global reserve currency

by Jason A. Williams

I led them through a door to the side of the warehouse and up a staircase. In front of us is the world’s first waste—to-energy cryptocurrency mine. I have fans moving the total volume of the air out of the mine six times a minute. This keeps the miners in an operating environment that maintains their efficiency. The computers are processing so much information they can overheat without being kept cool or having enough fresh air. The rigs are stacked up to the ceiling on metal shelves and there’s a low hum from the computers. The air is moving like a wind tunnel, hot columns and fresh air columns. Small LED lights flashing all over the room. “All of the outputs from the plant are energy — well, except for a small amount of bronze-coated steel I capture from the tires,” I said. “So I divert power into here.” I pointed at the computer hardware flashing in front of us.