Block and Blockstream are partnering with Tesla on an off-grid, solar-powered Bitcoin mine in Texas

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Block and Blockstream, a company that makes Bitcoin infrastructure, are partnering withTesla on an open-source, solar-powered Bitcoin mine. Construction has begun on the project, which will be powered by the 3.8-megawatt Solar photovoltaic array and the 12 megawatt-hour Megapack.

Adam Back, CEO and co-founder of Blockstream, said in a press release that they are excited to start the construction of the facility using Megapack.

The goal is for the facility to be completed by the end of the year.

Back said in an interview with CNBC that people like to debate about the different factors to do with mining. Maybe an open dashboard will inform other players to participate.

Blockstream and Block announced in June that they would build a facility.