We Hear You: Bitcoin Mining Noise Pollution Is A Solved Problem
Public complaints around bitcoin mining noise pollution are growing, but miners have plenty of solutions at their disposal. Let’s use them.Bitcoin mining is loud.Anyone reading that sentence who has not visited an operational mining farm is probably imagining a loud restaurant or a running air-conditioning unit. But in this context, “loud” actually means an almost ungodly cacophony of spinning fan blades producing a noise level akin to a fighter jet. Mining gives new meaning to “sound money.”A single bitcoin mining machine produces between 70 to 90 decibels (dB) of sound. Decibel levels....
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