John McAfee’s Hideout Was a Secret Bitcoin Mining Farm
John McAfee was reportedly hiding out in a Spanish “ghost hotel” with a bitcoin mining farm in the basement prior to his arrest. Clues from images and messages the antivirus tycoon posted on social media point to a semi-abandoned hotel owned by a Russian. ‘Ghost Hotel’ With Bitcoin Mining Farm After John McAfee was reportedly found dead in his prison cell in Spain, reports have emerged that the antivirus tycoon’s hideout place was a secret bitcoin mining farm. The place was a semi-abandoned hotel in Cambrils called Daurada Park Hotel, El Pais publication....
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Having accessing to affordable electricity is a critical factor for any bitcoin mining operation. John McAfee and Bitcoin seem to be entwined at this point in history. Ever since launching his massive bitcoin mining operation through MGT Capital Investments Inc, things have been going well. So much even that his operation is producing bitcoins ahead of schedule. A positive note that shows mining cryptocurrency remains a profitable business assuming one has the necessary knowledge. As is the case with any Bitcoin mining operation, specific targets have to be reached. Investing in hardware,....
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Abkhazia Shuts Down Crypto Farm, Seizes Mining Hardware
Police in Abkhazia have closed down another crypto mining installation in a rural area of the breakaway Georgian republic. The illegal coin minting facility was located in the village of Yashtuha, Sukhumi region, the Ministry of Internal Affairs....
John McAfee’s bodyguard and executive advisor has pleaded not guilty to involvement in crypto scams that duped investors out of $13 million. A former navy seal and bodyguard to the banged-up abroad McAfee antivirus software founder, John McAfee, has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he was involved in two wholesale crypto scams that duped investors out of roughly $13 million. Jimmy Gale Watson Jr, the former executive advisor of the “McAfee Team” — a website offering crypto tips endorsed by John McAfee, was arrested in Texas on March 4. Watson faces charges of allegedly defrauding....