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Pakistani here, you really expect us to believe that in countries without reliable electricity in rural areas, nevermind reliable broadband internet access, and
by pttrpttrwttr 9y ago
Pakistani here, you really expect us to believe that in countries without reliable electricity in rural areas, nevermind reliable broadband internet access, and 40% literacy rates people who, looking at the average GDPs of countries in the region couldn't possibly afford the necessary computing power are mining Bitcoin?
- BoorishBears 9y agoHow hard is it to imagine someone doing this: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/africa/inside-life-cryptocurrency-miner-kenya-africa/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/africa/inside-life-cryptocurre... Could move to a rural location setup a 3g hotspot (remembering in these countries rural 3g is becoming common is actually fairly cheap) and run generators as backups? Here's your country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozBtOtDK4jY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozBtOtDK4jY Does anything shown really look that outlandish to do in a rural area with a little more than a backup generator? Mining is taking off in 3rd world countries too.