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Unlocking rural potential with cryptocurrency mining

Joe Tidy

Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service


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Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines

The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids.

But there’s another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush – the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin mine.

“It’s the sound of money!” says a smiling Phillip Walton as he surveys the shipping container with 120 computers busily crunching through complex calculations that verify bitcoin transactions.

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly4xe373p4o

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