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The Bitcoin Hum: A Growing Rift in Trump’s MAGA Heartlands

On May 23, 2025, simmering discontent started to spread in the rural towns of Trump's MAGA strongholds, not because of political opponents or financial issues, but because of an unforeseen cause: the incessant drone of Bitcoin mining facilities. President Donald Trump, who has promoted the concept of making America the world's capital of cryptocurrency mining, is now experiencing a shocking resistance from his base. The same policies aimed at shoring up America's economic supremacy are now colliding with the peaceful existence of the rural constituents who contributed to his return to the White House, revealing a tension that may threaten his pro-crypto agenda. A Soundtrack of Discontent In Dresden, New York, a town of only 300 surrounded by grape farms and placid lakes, the cacophony of progress has turned into a frustration. Over the last half-dozen years, the Greenidge Generation power plant, previously idled, has come roaring back online to fuel a Bitcoin mining operati...