Bitcoin Billionaire: I Regressed to Invest in the First Bitcoin!-Chapter 139: Hashrates and Heat

┏Reward Granted: Amplified Bitcoin Analyzer┛

┏The Amplified Bitcoin Analyzer is a high-tier system reward that grants the host real-time insight into the Bitcoin network, including mining difficulty projections, optimal hash strategies, hardware stress analytics, and power-to-reward ratios. It simulates potential configurations, predicts future profitability, and highlights hidden inefficiencies across his rigs—essentially acting as an AI-level strategic advisor for maximizing mining output and minimizing loss.┛

It was a high tier reward, and it was exactly what Darren was looking for going forward.

Lila's father had made a full recovery after surgery, Trendteller hit the market for its first week, while Trendteller+ remained in beta, awaiting investors willing to pay to test it out.

Darren had appreciated Amelia's hard work with another dinner where they spent time laughing about their victory over Horizon Strategies and Ryan Anders.

But for the next day of the first week, all of that — the casualness and laughs — were thrown out the window. It was time for business.

Time for mining.

The moment Darren opened the key-card locked doors to the Operations Room, a wave of heat and humming filled his senses.

The room pulsed with low-frequency energy, a symphony of silicon and ambition. This was the forge. The crucible. The beating heart of something only a few minds in the world could understand.

Ten Radeon HD 5870 GPU rigs lined the metal racks like digital stallions, their red-and-green LEDs blinking with life.

There was an issue. Everywhere was hot.

The GPUs first of all, they weren't just hot — they seemed angry. Fans roared like distant jet engines, swirling currents of air around carefully placed exhaust vents. Every degree mattered.

Kara was already inside, clipboard in hand, ponytail swinging as she zig-zagged past each rig, checking temperature logs and voltage meters. She turned as Darren entered, flashing her trademark grin.

"Morning, boss. You can feel that, right? Everything is humming like a monster. There's a temp spike on Rig 4 but nothing we can't handle."

Darren nodded, stepping into the room like a general onto a battlefield. "We mining yet?"

"Oh yeah. First block might hit within the hour. Hashrate's steady at 650 MH/s across all rigs."

Darren's eyes flicked to the live dashboard — a wall-mounted monitor Kara had built herself. It displayed:

Total Network Hashrate

Local Hashrate (650 MH/s)

Block Height: 74,202

Current Difficulty: 13,408

Block Reward: 50 BTC

Expected Time to Solve: ~38 minutes

'Thirty eight minutes? I thought these were the best of the best, they should be solving this in twenty.'

The rest of the team shuffled in, sipping coffee, pulling up rolling chairs, some still groggy from Shift Two's overnight logs.

Darren eyed Rico at the corner, leaning back in his seat, still adjusting to the rhythm of the job, his beanie tilted just enough to seem both casual and calculating.

He glanced at Darren and gave a quick two-fingered salute. Kara didn't need to look to smack him in the back of the head.

"Pay attention. You mess up hash optimization again and I'm wiring you to the PSU."

Darren ignored his old friend and stepped forward, his voice cutting through the heat.

"Alright, listen up."

Slowly, the chatter died. Even the fans felt quieter.

"We're three weeks into Steele Investments. But this—" he gestured to the rigs, to the screens, to the haze of purposeful chaos, "—this is not the type of results I was expecting from you all."

He began to pace slowly. "Is there a problem? Is this too difficult for you? Are the Block Heights too hard to solve. Is the time too short to meet up?"

He turned to the board, clicking the remote. A diagram appeared showing:

Hash Function Flow

Transaction Queue

→ Future Value: $7,000,000/day┛

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"If you knew how much the future says we are making here each day, then you would mine twice that."

He closed the system just as Kara pulled up another display on the screen behind him.

"Rig 3's nearing threshold," she called out. "Nonce iteration is spiking."

Rico leaned forward. "Is this the one we optimized yesterday?"

"Yup," Kara replied. "GPU temperature at 84°C. Still safe."

Darren walked to the whiteboard and scrawled in thick marker:

Week 1 Output: 0 BTC

Week 2 Output: 3 Block = 150 BTC

Week 3 Output: 3 Block = 150 BTC

Target for Week 4: 14 Blocks = 700 BTC

Operation Goal (Q1): 10,000 BTC Banked

He turned. "This isn't about day-trading or selling early. We're accumulating. You know what, for now, forget price. We're mining a scarce digital asset that will become the gold of this century. Every satoshi we pull is one more we deny the world. One more locked under the company's control."

Suddenly—

BEEP!

The dashboard flashed red for a second, then green. Kara jumped from her desk.

"Block solved!" she yelled. "Block 74,203 mined. Rig 4 sealed it!"

A roar went up from the team.

"50 BTC!" Rico whooped. "That's, what, $25?"

"Congratulations," Darren said dryly, sinking his hands in his pockets. "You mined a bag of peanuts. But don't worry, they'll age like wine."

Everyone laughed, and even Darren was forced to smile, watching the flicker of pride in their eyes.

"Now come on! Let's get to mining! 14 Blocks is the goal this week and I do not want anything less!"

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No one would be able to solve any other Block Height until later that day, making it 2 overall in one day.

That wasn't bad, considering 14 was the goal, if they kept this pace, there was a good chance they could hit it.

Now, Darren was sitting in his office overlooking the outside of the Complex, watching other high skyscrapers. His chair swiveled while Rachel sat on the guest chair across his table.

"Sales update, sir," she began without preamble. "Trendteller's base version has crossed 30 licenses sold, mostly to small cafes, bookstores, and two auto repair chains."

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"What about Trendteller+? Anyone interested in the beta."

"Yes, there are some. Three actually. We have three chains onboard now. Two of them are packaging facilities in Nevarro. Big data, heavy logistics. They're asking for bulk scaling and customization."

"Custom build price?"

"Starting at $20,000. Each."

Darren scoffed. "Seems like a lot for a beta software. Have they fully purchased licensing?"

"Yes."

"Okay. Then go ahead." He faced her with a straight expression. "Is there anything else?"

"Charles Nelson just sent word. He's still curious to know if you've decided on a company bank yet. And also about that venture capital."

Darren thought for a while. "He seems insistent. Go ahead, Rachel, book a dinner. Not the Pendulum, something as fancy though."

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Back in the mining room…

Kara updated the wall.

Day 1 of Week 1 Output: 2 Block = 100 BTC

Value: $25

She paused for a moment, then added:

Block Mined By: Rig 4 – "The Beast"

Staring at what she'd just written, she placed her hands on her hips and sighed. "How does he expect us to make an output of 14 Blocks this week when we only made 3 last week."

She exhaled. "You confuse me, Mr. D."