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Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base

6 points by jaredwiener 2y ago

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Perhaps relocate to Hanna, WY? They need free heat [1] for a rec center than can't afford the fossil gas bill. Only about 120 miles away [2]. Does not apply of course if the purpose of the installation was espionage or similar. [1] https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/06/in-a-boom-town-gone-bust-a-recreation-center-becomes-a-burden/ https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/06/in-a-boom-town-gone-b... [2] https://maps.app.goo.gl/PU9kWtEL9ygr9YV68 https://maps.app.goo.gl/PU9kWtEL9ygr9YV68
- AlwaysNewb23 2y ago
  Yeah this article title is a little misleading.
shagie 2y ago
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/bitcoin-mine-biden-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.-HOx.CAXy68XUJz-C&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/bitcoin-mine-biden-ban... ... and initial paragraphs: > Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base > An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon. > President Biden on Monday ordered a company with Chinese origins to shut down and sell the Wyoming cryptocurrency mine it built a mile from an Air Force base that controls nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles. > The cryptomining facility, which operates high-powered computers in a data center near the F.E. Warren base in Cheyenne, “presents a national security risk to the United States,” the president said in an executive order, because its equipment could be used for surveillance and espionage. The executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/13/order-regarding-the-acquisition-of-certain-real-property-of-cheyenne-leads-by-mineone-cloud-computing-investment-i-l-p/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...
andirk 2y ago
A crypto mining farm is a bunch of electricity running a bunch of ASIC chips that try to guess a number between 1 and some huge number. What does this have to do with physical espionage? Are we implying the spies built their spy school next to the target?
- jfengel 2y ago
  Yes. That's what we're implying.

6 points by jaredwiener 2y ago

Perhaps relocate to Hanna, WY? They need free heat [1] for a rec center than can't afford the fossil gas bill. Only about 120 miles away [2]. Does not apply of course if the purpose of the installation was espionage or similar. [1] https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/06/in-a-boom-town-gone-bust-a-recreation-center-becomes-a-burden/ https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/06/in-a-boom-town-gone-b... [2] https://maps.app.goo.gl/PU9kWtEL9ygr9YV68 https://maps.app.goo.gl/PU9kWtEL9ygr9YV68

AlwaysNewb23 2y ago
Yeah this article title is a little misleading.

shagie 2y ago

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/bitcoin-mine-biden-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.-HOx.CAXy68XUJz-C&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/bitcoin-mine-biden-ban... ... and initial paragraphs: > Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base > An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon. > President Biden on Monday ordered a company with Chinese origins to shut down and sell the Wyoming cryptocurrency mine it built a mile from an Air Force base that controls nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles. > The cryptomining facility, which operates high-powered computers in a data center near the F.E. Warren base in Cheyenne, “presents a national security risk to the United States,” the president said in an executive order, because its equipment could be used for surveillance and espionage. The executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/13/order-regarding-the-acquisition-of-certain-real-property-of-cheyenne-leads-by-mineone-cloud-computing-investment-i-l-p/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...

andirk 2y ago

A crypto mining farm is a bunch of electricity running a bunch of ASIC chips that try to guess a number between 1 and some huge number. What does this have to do with physical espionage? Are we implying the spies built their spy school next to the target?

jfengel 2y ago
Yes. That's what we're implying.