Fort Worth, Texas City Council Has Approved Bitcoin Mining

The Fort Worth, Texas, the city council has reportedly approved bitcoin mining and will use three ASIC Bitmain Antminer S9 donated by the Texas Blockchain Council. The rigs have a maximum hash rate of 13.5 TH/s and will operate on a private network in the City Hall climate-controlled data center. Today, the council voted unanimously to pass a resolution to accept miners from nonprofits, making Forth Worth the first city in the United States to mine its bitcoin. A spokesman for the mayor’s office said the NYDIG would hold the city’s bitcoins.