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Cryptocurrency miners reveal the site selection process that led them to Montana.

July 7, 2018 /

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There’s Bitcoin Gold in Them Thar Hills

Cryptocurrency miners have seen the future, and it’s in Butte, Montana.

Over the past six months, more than $350 million in new cryptocurrency mining data centers have been announced in this small southwestern Montana community, and more may be coming soon.

The tale of the tape counts CryptoWatt’s $100-million facility and Power Block Coin’s $251-million plant, on top of others that already exist in this hardscrabble town known for mining of another variety.

by RON STARNER

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