What would a Star Fleet Captain mine for in Illinois? Solar-powered Bitcoin of course! Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, serves as the spokesperson for Solar Alliance, a company that is known for its work in affordable solar power energy. The company plans to build a computing center that mines Bitcoin by validating and recording transactions for the digital currency just west of Carbondale.
If your eyes went cross-eyed too, you’re not alone. Shatner told the “The concept is so, I guess the word is bizarre,” Kirk’s alter ego, William Shatner, said by phone Wednesday. “You have to blank your mind and say, ‘What is blockchain, again? How does mining operate, again?’ The concepts are really strange, and yet when you begin to grasp it, it makes sense.”
