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F2Pool founder who controls 11% of bitcoin's hashrate to lead first SpaceX mission to Mars
Key takeaways
- The SpaceX announcement comes as the company owner Elon Musk’s aggressive plans to colonize the Red Planet and establish a multi-planetary civilization continue to accelerate.
- Target launch windows are currently driving technical preparations for a planned 2026 departure.
- To mitigate these hazards, SpaceX is debuting its next-generation Starship V3 architecture.
Wang, whose mining pool controls roughly 11.3% of the global Bitcoin network hashrate and whose personal bitcoin assets are estimated to exceed $300 million, will take a two-year leave from his current role securing digital ledgers to leading humanity’s next frontier in deep space.
The SpaceX announcement comes as the company owner Elon Musk’s aggressive plans to colonize the Red Planet and establish a multi-planetary civilization continue to accelerate.
The ambitious, multi-phase timeline will take Wang on a a week-long circumlunar fly-by within approximately 125 miles of the moon’s surface alongside Dennis and Akiko Tito before launching on the historic Martian trajectory.
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