http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/06/14/william-shatner-wants-bitcoin-fans-to-boldly-go-to-this-solar-powered-mining-facility-in-illinois/

In Captain Kirk's universe, starships fly around at the speed of light and can effortlessly beam people from one place to another thanks to scientific advances that let humanity produce massive amounts of energy.

Fictional or not, that type of technology could be useful for bitcoin. Unlimited energy would solve one of bitcoin's major issues: The enormous amounts of electricity required to produce new pieces of the popular virtual currency, which can only be created using immense computing power.