Bitcoin Billionaire: I Regressed to Invest in the First Bitcoin!-Chapter 148: The Ten Last Blocks

"I met with a contact," Darren replied vaguely. "But that's not what matters now. The oil is here, so let's get it done and return to mining."

Kara nodded. "As you wish, boss."

Summoning Rico and Deborah, Kara headed to Rig 4 where a couple of workers had started work.

They worked fast.

The faulty base from Rig 4 was detached, the coils flushed again, and the housing units reinforced with a double insulation wrap. The new oil — pure, crystal-clear, dense — poured into the tub like liquid glass.

It took an hour to reroute power safely, test the coolant flow, and initiate a controlled boot sequence.

At exactly 2:02 PM, Rig 4 came online.

Its familiar humming started slow… then stabilized.

Hashrate: 88.3 MH/s

Temp: 40.6°C

Status: GREEN

A collective cheer rang out through the room. Shared sighs of relief passed around, while others thanked God that their hard work over the month hadn't been blown away.

"Yes!" Kara whooped, spinning once with her arms in the air.

Rico leaned on the rack and nearly slid to the floor. "Holy fuck, I thought we were done for."

Darren wasn't in the mood for cheering. Even though he was relieved that nothing was being lost, he still held a gripe, wishing this never happened.

Silent, he just stood there, watching the rig come alive again.

Ding. Ding. Ding. It continued to sing mechanically.

This machine had carried half his vision for the past month.

If it had gone down today, all of it — the planning, the optimization, the sheer stress — would have been pointless.

Because they had programmed it as the main Rig, it carried and anchored the results of the other Rigs, which was why The Beast needed to be protected.

Something like this should never happen again.

He left the Operations Room.

The IT team watched him leave quietly and began to whisper to themselves. Kara frowned, knowing that the stress of it all was too much for Darren at this point.

The IT team was hers to lead and she'd been depending on him far too much.

She turned to the team, her eyes turning stern and serious. "What are you looking at?" she demanded, capturing their focus and pulling their stares from the door that Darren had gone through.

"The boss has done a lot of work and has put a lot of resources into this operation. We have to take this seriously. We can not let him down, is that understood?"

Everyone nodded, some responded, "Yes, ma'am."

"We have mined 4 Blocks today. The goal is 10 and we're yet to reach it. 6 more left." She clapped her hands with urgency. "Get to mining."

Together, as a united team with one goal in mind: To not let the boss, Darren Steele, down, the IT team achieved success that day.

Kara walked over and, one by one, began updating the Block tally.

Week 5 — Day 1 Output:

Block 76,216

– Rig 6 – 50 BTC

Block 76,217 – Rig 2 – 50 BTC

Block 76,218 – Rig 4 – 50 BTC

Block 76,219 – Rig 5 – 50 BTC

Block 76,220 – Rig 2 – 50 BTC

Block 76,221 – Rig 4 – 50 BTC

Block 76,222 – Rig 7 – 50 BTC

Block 76,223 – Rig 4 – 50 BTC

Block 76,224 – Rig 1 – 50 BTC

Block 76,225 – Rig 4 – 50 BTC

Final Total: 10 Blocks = 500 BTC

Total Mined in October: 2,450 BTC

When Darren returned, he expected to see them still struggling to reach the number, but they had accomplished the goal already and were presently cooling the GPUs.

Looking away from their knowing gazes, he stared at the board and saw that 10 Blocks had been mined.

Darren's heart felt warm and a smile stretched on his face. Even with the setback, they'd successfully completed the day's goal. All because they didn't want to let him down, all because they were united in their respect for his vision.

Ding!

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Ding!

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Darren stared at the notification. It was a pretty functional Feature. Even the special passive was interesting too. He could already think of multiple things he could use it to do.

Darren exhaled.

A long, quiet breath that emptied everything out of him.

Kara looked at him from the side. "Well, boss. You did it. We did it. First month is over. Quarter locked."

He nodded faintly. "Yeah… we did."

Rico walked up, flung an arm over his shoulder like they'd just won a basketball championship. "Now that," he said, "was a fuckin' week."

Darren just stared at him and Rico briskly took his hand off and walked backwards. "Okay, slow steps."

Darren ignored him and looked at the rigs, his heart finally easing its thudding rhythm. Every Block. Every GPU. Every decision. Worth it.

"Kara," he called.

"Yeah?" she responded.

"This will be the last time I'll be down here. Everything is up to you now. I'll get weekly reports, but that's it. Do you understand?"

She smiled softly. "Yes I do. Thanks..."

Darren turned to face her, lifting a brow.

"...for showing me the reins," she continued. "I think I can take it up from here."

He smiled briefly. "I'm sure you can."

Then he turned, heading for the door. 'So far, so good. I taught Amelia the ropes in scouting and investment strategy, then let her take the lead with the Nevarro deal. I guided Kara on how to run the mining operations— now it's her time to take control. Maybe it's time I check in on Sandy next.'

Leaving the complex, Darren couldn't help thinking about Cheyenne Lamb, and her ominous favor that he knew for certain was going to cost him great discomfort one way or the other.

Just thinking about it brought wrinkles to his forehead, but once he stepped out, his eyes met a certain young, blonde beautiful girl, standing meekly with a lunchbox in her hand.

Darren's eyes lit up, and he finally smiled.