Sneaky Bitcoin mining plant in Alberta

[Lysrin]

Did you hear about this one? Interesting: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/link-global-bitcoin-mine-alberta-1.6137731

Not very smart for the company to move in and set up the way they did but perhaps they were hoping no one would notice? Beg forgiveness rather than ask permission principle?

They are likely going to relocate but I wonder if they have any RTX cards they don't need now...

 

[Sagath]

It says they're mining BTC so these would be ASIC miners. Probably ANT miners.

So no RTX.

Funny enough this is practically in my backyard, and I hadn't heard about it.

 

[Marzipan]

yeh...this kinda stuff / thing is usually done on the down low now, due to the unpopular public opinion.

 

[Izerous]

Yeah that isn't far away and didn't hear about this till now. Had they done some kind of solar farm isntead of setting up gas powered generators probably would have gotten away with it.

 

[moocow]

I love how they spin it as "green" use of natural gas.

 

[sswilson]

How close is this to a residential area?

Mining isn't the issue, it's the 24/7 gas powered generators that are the issue.

 

[Sagath]

How close is this to a residential area?

Mining isn't the issue, it's the 24/7 gas powered generators that are the issue.

I would call the area semi-affluent. Its just north of Hwy 16 on the outskirts of the west end of town if you wanna google map it. Near Acheson.

 

[Lysrin]

How close is this to a residential area?

Mining isn't the issue, it's the 24/7 gas powered generators that are the issue.

Certainly close enough that the noise bothered people.

And @Sagath I was joking about the RTX cards right? I used a winky face and everything!