A bit too much? Pairing of Hardin Power Plant and Bitcoin mine stalls

Plans to marry a struggling coal-fired power plant in Eastern Montana to a bitcoin mine appear to be lagging, with little construction done and back taxes on the power plant exceeding $4 million.

Bitcoin mining had been hailed as a lifeline for Hardin Generating Station in March when federal regulators approved transferring the power plant’s title to Big Horn Data Power LLC, an out-of-state company whose ownership is as cryptic as a string of ones and zeroes.