Bitcoin Billionaire: I Regressed to Invest in the First Bitcoin!-Chapter 140: The Beast

"Morning everyone," he said simply, his voice calm but commanding. "I heard that a single GPU solved 2 Blocks yesterday. That's awesome. And good work to whoever was in pilot. But now let's talk about the other nine."

He scanned their faces. "Get to work."

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An hour later, it was time for a Performance Report Review

Kara pulled up the analytics on the wall screen.

"Here's what we've got," she said, flipping through live metrics.

Current Hashrate:

Rig 4: 78.9 MH/s (Post-optimization)

Rigs 1–3: ~68.2 MH/s

Rigs 5–10: Baseline 65.7 MH/s

"GPU performance is under target," she muttered. "Our Radeon HDs can be pushed further. But we're walking a tightrope — temperature thresholds and power draw."

Darren activated A•B•A and scanned for solutions to this issue. He arrived at an Optimization Protocol Tool. There, the system gave him an option to run a real-time diagnostic across all active rigs.

He selected this option.

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Ding!

┏System Notice: Minor Overclocking Potential Detected

— Safe Voltage Increase: +0.02v

— Core Clock: Up to 900 MHz

— Memory Clock: Stable at 1300 MHz

— Estimated Hashrate Boost: +8.4%┛

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Noting the information, Darren nodded. "Kara, I want all rigs except Rig 4 recalibrated. Follow this: 900 core, 1300 mem, keep the fan curve aggressive. Prioritize Rig 2 and 3 first. Rico, assist her."

He turned to Rico directly. "And no improvisations. Follow everything I've given perfectly. I want this fast and clean."

Rico nodded enthusiastically, taking Kara's advice and doing his best to impress Darren. "Alright, boss."

They both began work.

Many hours later, by 2:20 PM, they had fully implemented what Darren gave.

But as Kara and Rico worked on the firmware update and manual overclocking, the room heated by another 2°C.

It was getting very hot, very fast.

A secondary fan system was activated. On-screen, the live hashrates began to tick upward, each rig rising by a few MH/s.

Rig 2: 69.9 → 74.8 MH/s

Rig 3: 68.0 → 73.2 MH/s

They weren't seismic jumps, but in Bitcoin mining, even a 5% edge scaled into millions over time.

Darren checked the total power draw on the system's interface:

┏Power Consumption: 2,440W

Cost per Day (Flat Rate): $110

Projected BTC/Day: 2.4 Blocks = 120 BTC

Value Today: $60 | Future Value: $7.6 Million┛

He folded his arms, thinking. 'It will be a big mistake if I overplay my hands and rush for quick profit. I know that I'm going to make a lot of gain, so it's best to focus on efficiency now, empire later."

GPU's let humming. Mining was at full stretch!

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Meanwhile, upstairs in the corporate areas of the Steele Complex.

Rachel and Sandy sat across from each other in the executive conference room, papers and laptops strewn between them. Graphs of Trendteller and Trendteller+ sales flickered on the screen.

Sandy tapped a cell on her spreadsheet. "Can you believe it? We've crossed $175,000 in revenue in just under two weeks."

Rachel smiled once. "And what about our biggest accounts?"

"Dawn Group signed a full Trendteller+ contract for $70,000. Wanting real-time inventory predictions across 14 warehouses. I had to custom-tailor a license plan. Darren gave the nod."

Rachel leaned back. "So much for the critics saying we were too early."

"Oh, we're early," Sandy said. "That's why we're winning."

They worked silently for a while, then Rachel decided to ask a question. It was a difficult one to ask, but she just couldn't help it.

"Did it seem to you like Darren has been distant lately?"

Sandy lifted her head, surprised by the question, but pretended not to have heard. "Mhm?"

Her and Rachel locked eyes.

"Oh," Rachel chickened out. "I just thought you've noticed how he's... I don't know. Never mind."

She forced her head down and pretended to be busy with the paperwork. 'Rach. What were you thinking? Ugh! Just be quiet like you usually are!'

Sandy just watched her silently, also going through paperwork.

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Back in the Operations Room, it was 5:41 PM now, working hours were coming to an end.

The rigs hummed like hungry beasts. Kara walked over to Darren with a handheld monitor showing thermal and hash outputs.

"All ten rigs optimized. Holding stable. One of them reached 80 MH/s. Your calculations actually worked."

"That's great to hear," Darren replied.

Just then, Rico approached, holding a printed spreadsheet.

"You should see this," he said, sliding the paper over. "I ran a hash density test across rigs based on Kara's air circulation model. Rig 7's GPU #3 is thermal throttling. We're getting less output on that corner of the room. Might be a venting flaw."

Darren raised a brow. "You designed this?"

Rico shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck. "I read a little. It was either this or rewatching The Matrix for the twentieth time."

Darren looked at it, and a glimmer of recognition appeared on his face, faintly. "Nice work. Reassign those rigs. Move Rig 7 to the cooler aisle and swap its placement with Rig 9. Kara, log it in the Hash Efficiency Tracker."

Then he stood up and walked away.

Rico had a big smile on his face. "It's working! He was impressed."

Kara just shook her head and returned to work.

It was 7:00 PM now. The Operations Room was scanty, and only the Night Shift was present.

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But Darren was as well. He'd decided to join the shift and monitor the Blocks for today.

Maybe it was his presence that had motivated them because they ended up mining one extra block compared to yesterday.

The wall board updated again:

Total BTC Earned Today: 3 Blocks = 150 BTC

Current Value: $75

Efficiency Boost Since Morning: +17%

Cooling Reassignment Impact: +4.2%

The room was quiet, tired but proud.

Darren — sitting back on a chair with his legs crossed on the desk — yawned and got on his feet. He took a sip of coffee before walking to the center and clapping once.

Everyone looked up.

"I know it doesn't look like much now. Some blinking lights, a few numbers. But someday, this room will be worth more than every high-rise on this street."

He looked at Kara, and then everyone. "Today was a win. You all did well and deserve to be part of this. Now, let's get back tomorrow and do even better."

They clapped their hands and nodded their heads. Then, Rico arrived with the ordered pizzas and everyone shared them like one big, happy, Bitcoin mining family.