A bitcoin mining operation that is now up and running in Frenchcreek Township drew much discussion, some of it fueled with anger, during the township supervisors’ public meeting on Thursday evening.
The acrimony had to do with what township officials said was a lack of transparency on the type of operation that was going on at 846 Valley Road, a cleared area surrounded by woods.
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