France’s Far-Right National Rally Wants to Mine Bitcoin Using Nuclear Power—Here’s Why It’s Genius

Nuclear-powered Bitcoin mining? France’s National Rally just dropped a bombshell proposal—and it might actually work.

Turning reactors into revenue streams

The far-right party wants to harness excess energy from France’s 56 nuclear plants—already Europe’s largest fleet—to fuel Bitcoin mining operations. No new infrastructure needed, just plug ASICs into the grid’s spare capacity.

Energy arbitrage meets hard money

With electricity costs at €0.04/kWh versus Bitcoin’s €50K+ price, the math looks irresistible. ‘It’s like minting digital gold with the waste heat from your toaster,’ quipped one crypto analyst.

The ultimate hedge against ECB madness

As the European Central Bank keeps printing euros, mining Bitcoin with sovereign energy could become France’s new monetary weapon. ‘Because nothing says ‘up yours’ to inflation like converting nuclear megawatts into immutable blocks,’ joked a hedge fund manager.

Will Macron’s centrists bite? Unlikely. But with French debt at 112% of GDP, someone’s clearly been doing the math.