A bitcoin miner uses specialized computers to verify transactions on the bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin is the reward miners earn for performing this service. Bitcoin mining makes the promise of decentralized currencies, like bitcoin, possible. Without mining, there would be no bitcoin. But mining is very energy intensive, so maintaining this increasingly important component of our digital infrastructure—the bitcoin blockchain—comes at a price. At CleanSpark, we mine bitcoin in a responsible way. Since mining our very first bitcoin, we’ve used a sustainable energy mix that includes nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, and wind. We purchase carbon offsets to make up any difference in changing regional energy mixes to achieve our goal of 100% net carbon-neutrality.