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https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-mining-in-space-an-interview-with-miner-ones-ceo/
I was first doubtful if I will post this kind of topic since it seems useless to mine bitcoin into space, but after reading the whole article I thought that I will also share this historical even that took place 100,000 feet above the surface of the earth.

The company called Miner One has launched its mining rig called Space Miner One using a hydrogen filled latex balloon. According to the CEO of Miner One "the goal of Space Miner One is to symbolically express our belief that bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is about the future and the revolutionary technology at its heart: so-called blockchain technology. And with this new technology, the skys the limit. And if you believe it or not it actually confirmed transactions at space, how cool isnt it.

I guess this even will be recorded in bitcoin history as the first mining rig to mine bitcoins at space.

whether to extract at least one bitcoin with this setting, to start it does not mean to start production yet, they should need a significant energy base if they want to organize really extraction of bitcoin.

"Extract" at least one Bitcoin? Read the article man. It's an experiment, and it's just one Raspberry Pi 3 and a battery. Mining one Bitcoin with this rig (if we can even call it a mining rig, lol!) would take centuries.

Baby steps, folks...

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A company made history on Monday by launching a Bitcoin mining rig called Space Miner One into the stratosphere, where it confirmed transactions and mined Bitcoin over 100,000 feet from the surface of the planet.

the fact that the article is not only about the execution of the transaction, but also about the extraction of bitcoin. here lies the ambiguity of the statement in the article with such complexity of production in the current network.