Chinese BTC miners equivalent to Quebec's output on the move: Slush Pool
According to Edward Evenson, who works for Bitcoin miners Slush Pool, Chinese BTC mining machines are on the move. Edward Evenson, head of business development at Slush Pool owner Braiins, reports that a large number of Chinese BTC mining machines equivalent to Quebec’s entire output will be moving to North America and Europe. For those interested in the #Bitcoin mining news coming out of China I’ve had 300-400MW of mining machines contact me to help them distribute their machines across NA and some parts of EU. Some have also begun shipping machines to Kazakhstan. — Edward Evenson....
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