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country, there is a decommissioned coal plant which has been converted into a gas fired power plant all in the name of mining bitcoin. sounds unbelievable, doesn t it? here s james clayton. this is an energy plant with a big difference. a former new york coal plant, its owners greenidge generation have decided to bring it back to life, converting it into a gas fired power station with a twist. what s happening here is part of a modern day gold rush. but they are not mining minerals here, they re mining bitcoin. these computers all have one singular goal: to create bitcoin. they do that by tackling wickedly hard equations that need a lot of computer power to solve. in many ways, these computers are printing money. one bitcoin is currently worth over £25,000, or $35,000,
when crypto miners realised that it can get pretty cold here and electricity was pretty cheap, iceland s appeal became apparent, and now crypto mining in iceland uses more electricity than the country s homes. but a long way from this country, there is a decommissioned coal plant which has been converted into a gas fired power plant all in the name of mining bitcoin. sounds unbelievable, doesn t it? here s james clayton. this is an energy plant with a big difference. a former new york coal plant, its owners greenidge generation have decided to bring it back to life, converting it into a gas fired power station with a twist. what s happening here is part of a modern day gold rush. but they are not mining minerals here, they re mining bitcoin. these computers all have one singular goal:
when crypto miners realised that it can get pretty cold here and electricity was pretty cheap, iceland s appeal became apparent, and now crypto mining in iceland uses more electricity than the country s homes. but a long way from this country, there is a decommissioned coal plant which has been converted into a gas fired power plant all in the name of mining bitcoin. sounds unbelievable, doesn t it? here s james clayton. this is an energy plant with a big difference. a former new york coal plant, its owners greenidge generation have decided to bring it back to life, converting it into a gas fired power station with a twist. what s happening here is part of a modern day gold rush. but they are not mining minerals here, they re mining bitcoin. these computers all have one