Three Bitmain Antminer S9 mining rigs will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the climate-controlled information technology wing of Fort Worth City Hall.

Texas Blockchain Council, which donated the three mining rigs

For now, the project isn’t really about profits, nor helping to fix Texas’ temperamental power grid. Instead, it’s about being a first-mover and normalizing the idea of a city government mining bitcoin and putting the world’s biggest cryptocurrency on their balance sheet.