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William Shatner Joins Bitcoin Mining Project, Admits He Doesn't Quite Get It

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Solar Alliance announced Star Trek icon, actor William Shatner, as their celebrity spokesperson for the startup: using the sun's energy to power bitcoin mining. This isn't Mr. Shatner's first encounter with cryptocurrency, and even still he readily admits not understanding what it is he's shilling.

William Shatner Boldly Goes Where a lot of People Have Already Gone

Maybe some of Captain James T. Kirk's maverick character on the kitchy television show, Star Trek, rubbed off on the man who played him, William Shatner. Captain Kirk bagged the smokin' hot African American Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) in a risque interracial television kiss, for example. He was also known to be quite the adventurer, exploring "strange new worlds." Perhaps this fictional role emboldened Mr. Shatner, 87, to accept a spokesperson gig with Solar Alliance.

Solar Alliance is attempting to answer growing criticism from environmentalists about how bitcoin mining wastes precious resources. CEO Jason Bak explained to the Chicago Tribune his company would spread out on 14 acres in the middle western United States, using solar panels to generate the relatively large amounts of energy miners need. There, miners can lease space along with receiving coaching from the company along the way.


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