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    RUNNING BITCOIN MINERS OUT OF TOWN

    Mar 18, 2022 2 minutes
    CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI

    INCE LATE 2020, a steady hum has emanated from the 15 large metal containers installed next to an electricity substation in the unincorporated rural community of Limestone in Washington County, Tennessee. The boxes make up a bitcoin “mine.” Inside each one, computers work to solve equations that keep bitcoin’s decentralized network up and running. In exchange for solving these equations,

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