Fort Worth to become first city to mine Bitcoin – WFAA

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth describes itself as where the west begins, but after Tuesday, the city will also mark a new beginning as the first U.S.

The machines have a total approximate value of $2,100, the resolution adds, and they are condition upon the city using the machines for mining Bitcoin.

Complex hardware solves an extremely large computational math problem, with the first computer to find the solution receiving the next block of bitcoins.

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