Tesla, Block and Blockstream to mine bitcoin off solar power in Texas

Apr 8, 2022 07:48 PM ET
  • Tesla, Block and Blockstream to mine bitcoin off solar power in Texas -CNBC.
Tesla, Block and Blockstream to mine bitcoin off solar power in Texas

Electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc TSLA.O >, repayments strong Block Inc (SQ. N) and also blockchain business Blockstream Corp will collaborate to mine bitcoin utilizing solar power in Texas, CNBC reported on Friday.

The bitcoin mine would make use of solar as well as storage space technology from Tesla and be totally run on renewable energy, the record said.

Blockstream as well as Square had actually claimed in June that they were collaborating to construct an open-source as well as solar-powered bitcoin mining facility in the United States.

Bitcoin is developed when high-powered computers complete against other equipments to fix complex mathematical problems, an energy-intensive process that currently typically relies on nonrenewable fuel sources.

The ecological concerns related to bitcoin mining had in May last year prompted Tesla to quit accepting bitcoin for cars and truck purchases.

 




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