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Inside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine

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What it is

Motherboard's 2014 visit to a secretive Bitcoin mining operation in a repurposed factory in Liaoning, China, one of six sites producing about 4,050 bitcoins a month. It shows the machines and the workers' living conditions.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it as a rare look inside a large Chinese mining operation, with its deafening machine noise and workers' conditions.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “The noise of these machines is incredibly loud and annoying even in the edited video”

    Eerie audio-visual look at loud mining machines and workers' living conditions.

    teknologist, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “Photos: Life inside of China’s massive and remote Bitcoin mines”

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Topics: bitcoin, china, mining farm, motherboard, cryptocurrency

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