Bitcoin miner Chun Wang to become SpaceX astronaut today
The co-founder of one of Bitcoin’s largest mining pools, F2Pool, is scheduled to orbit both poles of earth tonight. While in flight, Chun Wang’s mining pool will continue to contribute approximately 10% of the hashpower securing Bitcoin’s blockchain. Chun is paying for and commanding SpaceX’s Fram2 mission of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, which could be the first human flight to complete the unusual trajectory over the Earth’s poles. He will fly alongside three astronauts. Chun is one of the earliest coiners still active on social media. He bought his first BTC via PayPal at a price of $8.70 on May 28, 2011. His mining pool mined its first block on May 5, 2013. Every BTC acquired prior to May 6, 2013 – even at BTC’s most expensive point of $259 prior to that date – has increased in value by at least 30,000%. In other words, every $1,000 invested prior to May 6, 2013 is now worth at least $300,000. Rollout and vertical Dry dress rehearsal Static fire pic.twitter.com/Ntzp9...