Salvadorski rudar Bitcoin Volcano Energy se zažene z naložbo v višini 250 milijonov USD

Salvadorski rudar Bitcoin Volcano Energy se zažene z naložbo v višini 250 milijonov USD

Časovni žig: 7. junij 2023 4:28
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A public-private partnership in El Salvador pledging to pump $1 billion into creating a Bitcoin (BTC) mining farm has received its first $250 million. This first release of funds kickstarts a 241-megawatt (MW) power generation park in the country’s Metapán region.

Volcano Energy, the company behind the site, je dejal the funds would go toward developing the power generation park using solar and wind energy, which will eventually power the Bitcoin mining operation. Volcano Energy chairman Max Keiser took to Twitter on June 7 to napovedati novice.

Bitcoin mining uses high-power computers hooked up to a global network, using massive amounts of electricity in the process. The energy-intensive practice has pridejo pod ogenj from environmentalists, who are concerned that it exacerbates forest loss and climate change.

Stablecoin issuer Tether is among the investors in the first funding round to develop Volcano Energy, although its investment figure is undisclosed. Tether chief technology officer Paul Ardoino said the investment marks the stablecoin issuer’s intent to drive investment in renewable energy production and mining infrastructure.

According to Volcano Energy, the 241-MW power generation capacity will be divided between 169 MWs of photovoltaic solar energy and 72 MWs of wind energy. According to Tether, the computing power of the park is estimated to exceed 1.3 exahashes per second. If achieved, this would position Volcano Energy’s cumulative Bitcoin mining hash oceniti among the top 20 pools worldwide.

Po podatkih Volcano Energy je park pionirski primer rudarjenja bitcoinov, ki ga poganja obnovljiva energija, kar odraža nenehne inovacije in rast industrije v konkurenčnem okolju:

»Obrnite scenarij na tradicionalne finance. Volcano Energy poganja Bitcoin revolucijo v Salvadorju z obnovljivo energijo.«

Vlada El Salvadorja bo imela ključno vlogo pri načrtovanju in izvedbi pobude, saj bo zagotovila prednostno udeležbo v višini 23 % prihodkov. Vlagatelji bodo imeli v lasti 27 %, preostalih 50 % pa bo ponovno vloženih v razširitev zmogljivosti za proizvodnjo energije in napredek pri rudarjenju bitcoinov.

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Max Keiser, a Bitcoin advocate and broadcaster, plays a pivotal role in El Salvador’s adoption initiatives, serving as an advisor to President Nayib Bukele and holding the position of chairman at Volcano Energy.

The Central American country continues efforts to drive Bitcoin adoption after becoming the first nation to make BTC zakonito plačilno sredstvo some three years ago.

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