Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Categories: Asia | Technology

The Chinese province of Sichuan, with its low cost of electricity, is rapidly turning into one of the world's bitcoin mining centers. Armies of computers installed in warehouses and former industrial facilities devour electricity around the clock so that the treasured cryptocurrency drips onto the wallets of their owners. The everyday life of the workers of one of these "farms" in the north-west of the province was captured by photographer Liu Xingzhe.

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale The "farm" (with a blue roof) is located next to a small hydroelectric power station.

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale A mountain of packaging material from video cards is piled near the cooling system.

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale There are plenty of boxes in the dormitory where the workers live.

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Sad Farm: Bitcoin mining on a Chinese scale

Keywords: Bitcoins | China | Computer | Cryptocurrencies | Workers | Farm | Photographers

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