Out here we like a good fact as much as a good cup of coffee. So here are a few of our favorites, all in one place.
Did you know rural communities have taken more interest in Bitcoin because of renewable-energy mining? Farms and ranches with extra wind, solar, or hydro power can put that surplus to work mining Bitcoin. Some farmers have even started calling mining the "new cash crop."
It's an unexpected mix of farming and technology, and it's putting rural America right in the middle of the conversation about the future of money. If you want to know how mining actually works, read How Bitcoin Mining Works.
The total land on Earth is about 36.8 billion acres. Here's roughly how it breaks down:
That means a big share of the world's usable land goes to farming and grazing. Agriculture matters everywhere, not just in Oklahoma. And look at that last line. All the cities and towns on Earth take up only about 500 million acres. The rest of the world is still mostly fields, pasture, and forest.
There will only ever be 21 million Bitcoin. That supply is fixed, the same way land is. Nobody can make more acres, and nobody can make more Bitcoin.
That's one of the reasons ranchers tend to understand Bitcoin pretty quick. You already know what it means when something can't be made in a factory.
We share facts like these because they connect the two worlds we live in. Land, cattle, energy, and Bitcoin all come back to the same ideas: some things are scarce, good things take work, and it pays to understand what you own.
If you like the idea that they can't print land and they can't print Bitcoin, our Can't Print Laser Bull T-Shirt says it for you. You'll find more in our official merch collection.
For more on the land side of things, read The New Land Rush: From Oklahoma to .btc Domains. For the Bitcoin basics, see Bitcoin Explained: Common Questions, Plain Answers.
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