Starcloud says it will mine Bitcoin from low‑Earth orbit with dedicated satellite rig

Bitcoin mining satellite in low-Earth orbit with Earth in the background, showing solar panels and hardware.

Starcloud, an Nvidia-backed orbital data-center startup, says it wants to push Bitcoin mining beyond Earth by launching Starcloud-2, a dedicated mining satellite planned for low-Earth orbit by late 2026. The idea is ambitious and deliberately unconventional: use near-continuous solar exposure and the cold vacuum of space to rethink the cost structure of mining. The concept […]