ChainCatcher reported that Bitmine announced on Twitter that David Sharbutt, founder of Alamosa Holdings, has been elected as a member of BitMine's board of directors. David Sharbutt was one of the earliest wireless service entrepreneurs, building Alamosa PCS into a multi-billion dollar Sprint PCS subsidiary, and served as chairman of American Tower Corporation, one of the largest real estate investment trusts in the United States, for 17 years.