Coin Edition -
- The German telecommunication company Deutsche Telekom has planned to mine Bitcoin.
- Dirk Roder, Deutsche Telekom team lead, asserts that the platform will begin Bitcoin mining.
- The platform’s move highlights Deutsche Telekom’s significant expansion of cryptocurrency operations and services.
The German telecommunication company Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary T-Mobile plans to mine Bitcoin. The strategic decision was announced by Dirk Roder, Head of Web3 Infrastructure and Solutions at Deutsche Telekom, during the BTC Prague, one of the biggest Bitcoin events in Europe.
T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom are running Bitcoin nodes, Lightning nodes and will start mining #bitcoin WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. pic.twitter.com/r7rihAinXt— Daniel Sempere Pico (@BTCGandalf) June 14, 2024
According to a video clip shared by Daniel Sempere Pico, a Bitcoin enthusiast, Roder narrated the evolution of Deutsche Telekom’s approach to Bitcoin. While in 2022, the platform ignored Bitcoin, in 2024, the platform plans to mine Bitcoin. Roder stated,
Since 2023, we are running a Bitcoin node, and we are running Bitcoin Lightning nodes as well […] I like to let you in on a little secret we will engage in digital monetary photosynthesis soon.
While the Bitcoin advocate Joel Nakamoto asked Roder, “Is T-Mobile mining Bitcoin?” the latter reiterated, “We will!”
YOU WERE NOT READY…“Is T-Mobile mining #bitcoin?”— @JoeNakamoto “We will!With a chest full of fckng pride, I like to let you in on a little secret: We will engage in digital monetary photosynthesis soon.”— @21hemoonYou heard it at #BTCPrague first!