Bitcoin to the Moon, Literally

Bitcoin Mining Is Going to Space — And NVIDIA Is Behind It

You think Bitcoin is disruptive? Buckle up.

Starcloud, an orbital data centre start-up backed by none other than NVIDIA.  The $5 trillion AI chip giant led by Jensen Huang has announced plans to mine Bitcoin in space. Not metaphorically. Literally, in orbit, above the Earth, using solar-powered satellites carrying ASIC mining hardware.

CEO Philip Johnston laid it out plainly: "Right now, Bitcoin mining consumes about 20GW of power continuously. It makes no sense to do this on Earth. In the end state, all of this will be done in space."

Bold words. But the numbers back him up.

Why Space Makes Sense for Bitcoin Mining

The economics are surprisingly compelling. ASIC miners cost around £800 per kilowatt of power, roughly 30 times cheaper than the AI GPUs that dominate orbital computing conversations. In space, satellites on sun-synchronous orbits receive near-constant sunlight, meaning solar power runs almost 24/7 without weather interruptions. And with no atmosphere to deal with, heat from the hardware radiates away naturally into the vacuum of space, no air conditioning required.

Starcloud already proved the concept works. In November 2025, they launched their first satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying five NVIDIA H100 GPUs.  The first time chips of that class have operated in orbit. It successfully trained a small AI model and ran inference in space. Starcloud-2 will add Bitcoin ASIC miners to the mix, making it the first spacecraft to mine hard money off-planet.

The company has also filed with the FCC to deploy a constellation of up to 88,000 satellites, an orbital data centre network powered primarily by the sun.

The Bigger Picture

This isn't just a novelty. It's proof of work at a cosmic scale. Bitcoin's proof-of-work mechanism was always about converting energy into security. Satoshi envisioned a system that would tap into the world's energy surplus and convert it into inviolable money. Turns out, the most abundant energy source in the solar system is sitting 93 million miles away, and we've barely scratched the surface of harnessing it.

NVIDIA has also publicly championed Bitcoin's energy logic. Jensen Huang himself described Bitcoin mining as "taking excess energy and storing it into a new form called currency".  Framing that resonates deeply with anyone who understands what Bitcoin is actually doing.

At Satoshoes, we've always believed Bitcoin is bigger than any one nation, institution, or energy grid. If stacking sats in orbit isn't the most Bitcoin thing you've heard all year, we don't know what is.

Wear The Message. Even from space. 🛸🟠