The US Rural Communities Bearing the Brunt of Bitcoin Mining

Rural Communities Lose Out With Shelving of Digital Equity Act

This story was originally published by MinnPost. The name might’ve sealed its fate.  Continuing his crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, President Donald Trump announced he was shutting down the Digital Equity Act in May. He took to his Truth Social social media platform to accuse the bipartisan legislation passed in 2021, designed to steer grant funding to organizations working to bridge digital divides, of giving …

The US Rural Communities Bearing the Brunt of Bitcoin Mining

As US President Donald Trump loosens cryptocurrency rules, one community tells how noise and pollution from a local Bitcoin mining operation has become "relentless. The US Rural Communities Bearing the Brunt of Bitcoin Mining.

The US rural communities bearing the brunt of Bitcoin mining

In the quiet village of Dresden on the western shore of Seneca Lake in thestate of New York, the fire whistle blows like clockwork at noon every day. Residents don't mind; it's a familiar sound that blends into the rhythm of their small-town life. But there's one noise some of the 300 villagers cannot stand: the constant, mechanical droning of Greenidge Generation. This former coal-fired facility is now a natural gas "peaking plant" that supplie…