{"id":411842,"date":"2020-01-21T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=411842"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:36:34","slug":"small-us-bitcoin-mining-industry-national-security-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/small-us-bitcoin-mining-industry-national-security-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Small US Bitcoin Mining Industry is a National Security Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

For almost its entire existence, Bitcoin mining has been dominated by Chinese<\/a> companies. Most of the world’s largest mining pools, chip manufacturers, and the ASIC operators themselves call the country home.<\/p>\n

Wanting to see that change is Brandon Arvanaghi of US mining company Layer1. He goes as far to say that the United States providing hashing power to the Bitcoin network is a “matter of national security”.<\/p>\n

Building Bitcoin Mines in US National Interest?<\/h2>\n
China has long dominated Bitcoin mining. The biggest names in hardware manufacturing call the nation home. These include Bitmain, Canaan Creative, and Ebang. The world’s largest mining pools are also operated out of China, and cheap electricity encourages hardware deployment in the country.<\/p>\n
US firm Layer1 is aiming to give the US better representation in terms of Bitcoin mining. NewsBTC<\/em> has reported<\/a> previously on the company’s plans to operate not only mining hardware but a power substation and to manufacture its own chips in Texas.<\/p>\n
As detailed it in a Medium<\/a> <\/em>post last year, the company has assembled a roster of “industry veterans” to bring the US up in terms of the hash rate it contributes to the network. These include founders from Genesis Mining, Blockbase Group, and Layer1 Capital.<\/p>\n
According to the post, published last October, the US accounted for just 5 percent of global hash rate. This compares to more than 60 percent commanded by China<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The Chief Security Officer at Layer1, Brandon Arvanaghi, describes the company as the United States’s “first vertically-integrated Bitcoin mining company”. By manufacturing chips and harnessing energy itself, the company will be entirely independent of the Chinese mining industry.<\/p>\n
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Layer1 is the first vertically-integrated Bitcoin mining company in the U.S.<\/p>\n
The U.S. part is no accident. We\u2019re using the abundance of cheap power here to our advantage.<\/p>\n
Long-term, increasing the U.S. hash rate is a matter of national security. We\u2019re leading that push. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n
— Brandon Arvanaghi \ud83d\udc31 (@brandon) January 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n