Rural development, cheap power, and blockchain: Central Washington

bgetting's bookmarks 2019-01-15

Summary:

An article from a local newspaper in Washington showing how the rural region's access to cheap hydroelectric power drove tech development and one municipality's plan to keep it going. An example of an unintended local consequence of the recent cryptocurrency bubble.

Link:

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/after-the-bitcoin-bust-and-a-local-bankruptcy-douglas-county-doubles-down-on-blockchain/

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Date tagged:

01/15/2019, 15:58

Date published:

01/15/2019, 10:58