(Reuters) – Blockchain technology company Blockstream Mining said on Saturday that Square Inc will invest $5 million to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility at one of Blockstream’s U.S. sites.
Blockstream, in an announcement on its blog https://bit.ly/3pqvalx, said the “facility will be a proof-of-concept for a 100% renewable energy Bitcoin mine at scale.”
Square, in a tweet https://bit.ly/2T2964o, said it was teaming up with Blockstream as part of its Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative.
(Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
