President of Belarus plans to build Bitcoin mining center

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko proposed building a large data center for mining cryptocurrency next to the Belarusian nuclear power plant stating “We will build farms and mine these bitcoins and sell them.”



The president also stressed that the state intends to provide full support for the digital economy. It is expected that the first Belarusian mining unit will be commissioned in December 2019, and the second - in summer of next year.