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Buoyed by cheap electricity, Bitcoin miners eye Alta

Crypto wildcats war over newly developed Bitcoin mines in Ida County court

Posted 8/27/25

A westbound drive on Highway 175 between Odebolt and Ida Grove features bucolic landscapes, rolling hills and fields of corn and soybeans. 

West of Arthur, population 222, lies three stacks of 40-foot long metal blocks resembling  shipping containers. They serve as mining centers for …

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