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Ohio Cuts the Ribbon for A New Bitcoin Mining Site

BlockNews Team by BlockNews Team
September 22, 2022
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Ohio launches a new Bitcoin mining site. The Mayor, Mills, and Lt. Governor Husted fully supported the effort and were present during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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Congrats to @OHBlockchain and @Saalinator on the success of attracting miners to your state. Good things are coming to Ohio! pic.twitter.com/XfjMGEQNnE

— Dennis Porter (@Dennis_Porter_) September 19, 2022
Via @Dennis_Porter_ – Twitter

Ohio is home to many industry giants in Bitcoin and blockchain development. Ohio is one of the last states to organize and champion Bitcoin and blockchain technology with a state-wide perspective. Ohio represents a heritage of infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy that embody these technologies that will advance the digital infrastructure of the 21st century.

Georgia Is Becoming the New Hot Spot for Growing Crypto in the U.S.

According to Foundry, Georgia is also emerging as a hub for cryptocurrency miners. The in-state miner accounted for more than 34% of his computing power in the pool as of Jan. 31. This is nearly double from the third quarter of last year.

Georgia attracts miners because of its relatively low electricity prices. It has large amounts of nuclear and solar power. This allows mining companies to call themselves sustainable or zero-emissions. State regulators also have a reputation for being friendly to miners. The state directs them to solar power programs that allow companies to offset their emissions with renewable energy credits. 

It provides access to the previous day’s electricity rates so that miners have enough time to adjust. It will resume operations when interest rates are about to rise. This explains why a consortium of cryptocurrency companies, including Bitmain Technologies Ltd.

Other states with the most significant mining operations in foundry pools include Kentucky, with more than 12% of her, followed by New York, Texas, Nebraska, and North Carolina. Foundries hold about 17% of Bitcoin’s global computing power, so the numbers don’t represent all miners in the United States. For example, some large Texas miners are not included in the foundry pool, so this figure understates the state’s share. Still, the data shows some of the places miners flock.

Advancing Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology 

States are having disputes on attracting bitcoin miners. The current data shows most bitcoin miners are heading to Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, and New York. In the united states, 19.9% of bitcoin’s hash rate is in New York. 18.7 % is in Kentucky, 14% in Texas, and 17.3% in Georgia. The united states are the largest bitcoin mining pool in North America.

The role of a mining pool is to combine hashing power with miners worldwide. Nic Carter is the co-founder of Castle Island Ventures. Carter mentions;

“This is the first time we’ve had state-level insight on where miners are unless you wanted to go cobble through all the public filings and try to figure it out that way.”

Carter also mentions that the Foundry dataset does not account for all miners in the united states. This is because not all united states-based mining farms enlist the services of the pool. Riot Blockchain is among the most prominent trading mining companies in the united states. Its vast presence is in Texas. Since it does not use a foundry, its hash rate is not put in the dataset.

The dataset captures a small section of the country’s domestic mining. This does not offer proper debate around the bitcoin carbon footprint. States ranking high is epicenters of renewable energy.

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