Marathon Digital
| Formerly | Marathon Patent Group |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: MARA | |
| Website | www |
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. is a digital asset technology company, which engages in mining cryptocurrencies, with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and the generation of digital assets. The company was founded on February 23, 2010 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.[1]
The company was formerly known as Marathon Patent Group and was the patent holding company that is the parent of Uniloc, allegedly a patent troll company.[2][3]
Marathon purchased patents related to encryption in the 2010s[citation needed] and in 2021 it was known for its purchases of bitcoin[4] and bitcoin mining equipment[5] and a joint venture to use 37 MW from the Hardin Generating Station Montana coal plant to power an adjacently-constructed Marathon bitcoin data center.[6]
The company changed its name to Marathon Digital Holdings, effective March 1, 2021. Its chief executive officer is Fred Thiel.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Marathon Digital Holdings Inc Stock Quote". 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Mullin, Joe (2017-06-06). "How one patent troll is desperately trying to stay in East Texas". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Crecente, Brian (2012-07-23). "Uniloc founder says he's not a 'patent troll', reacts to 'disgusting' 'Minecraft' fan emails". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Randewich, Noel (2021-02-10). "Musk's bitcoin bet fuels gains in companies already invested". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-02-10 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ "Crush the Crypto Market with Marathon Patent Group". 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ "Bitcoin miner Marathon signs for coal-fired electricity in Montana". www.datacenterdynamics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
Bitcoin mining company Marathon Patent Group has announced plans to build a specialized Bitcoin data center in Montana. The facility will use cheap coal-fired electricity, backed by utility Beowulf Energy, which will take a stake in Marathon. In the joint venture, Beowulf gets part-ownership of Marathon, but Marathon keeps the Bitcoin output from a data center that will use an estimated 37MW of power from Beowulf's 119MW Hardin Generating Station in Big Horn County, Montana. Marathon will pay $0.028/kWh for the energy, which is about a quarter of the average US domestic rate of around $0.11/kWh.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ostroff, Caitlin; Spegele, Brian (2021-05-21). "Bitcoin Miners Are Giving New Life to Old Fossil-Fuel Power Plants". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Business data for Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.: