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> Venezuela? But do they even have electricity for running servers? Venezuela isn't a third world country. Yes, they have electricity (and it is very cheap, he

> Venezuela? But do they even have electricity for running servers? Venezuela isn't a third world country. Yes, they have electricity (and it is very cheap, hence a lot of BTC mining there).

ven_bug_trap 9y ago
Not for long: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/10/bitcoin-mining-is-big-business-in-venezuela-but-the-government-wants-to-shut-it-down/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/10...
mindcrime 9y ago
OK, maybe I was being a little glib. But still, the news reports I hear from that area haven't been very positive as of late, and I do wonder if the country is fundamentally stable enough to rely on hosting anything there.
- pizza 9y ago
  You may want to consider how where you're getting news from is related to what they're saying.
  - mindcrime 9y ago
    I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Are you suggesting that Venezuela hasn't been undergoing a recent period of extreme economic and political turmoil and uncertainty?
    - pizza 9y ago
      No, something else.
mythrwy 9y ago
For sure electricity and maybe not "primitive" (if that's the appropriate word), but Venezuela is certainly a third world country.