- Residents near a proposed bitcoin mining center in rural Alabama are resisting the project due to concerns about disrupting their peaceful, country setting.
A proposed bitcoin mining center in rural Alabama is facing strong pushback from the very neighbors it needs to win over in order to move forward.
What happened?
Residents living near Somerville told WAFF 48 that offers such as money, a year of internet service, and other benefits have not outweighed their fear that the project would disrupt the calm, rural atmosphere that drew them there…