mining — one of the oldest types of activities associated with cryptocurrency. It all started back in 2009 when Satoshi Nakamoto generated the first block in the Bitcoin network.
Today, the mining of cryptocurrencies — a whole industry, which covers 114 countries and constantly keeps networking cryptocurrencies. According Blockchain.info the profitability of the market at the end of last year amounted to 4.1 billion dollars. This amount included revenues from the sale of equipment for mining, which according to various estimates amount to 3-4 billion dollars a year.
with the popularity of mining and the growing complexity of the network of Bitcoin. Despite the fact that 80 percent of the coins are already mined, with the remaining 20% of the farm can only get to the year 2140. This is because the reward for found blocks regularly reduced in two times.
At the same time, 30 to 60 percent of the profits the miners spend on electricity. According to Bloomberg, to replace all oil production capacity of Bitcoin will need 30 nuclear reactors operating at full capacity.
Despite this, the miners still manage to earn up to $ 20 million a day. These staggering numbers attract new players and equipment manufacturers strive to find more efficient ways of mining coins.
Major market players is not enough money derived from mining in normal conditions. They come up with new, sometimes crazy ways of mining crypto-currencies with minimal electricity costs from mining the digital money's in the cave to run the mining equipment into space. how to operate and survive the largest mining farm in the fall of cryptocurrency market and rising electricity prices.
theLaunched in 2012, Hasrat to 1.3 PH.
the Emergence of big players in young and profitable industries it is difficult to predict. Today's billionaires — those who until recently had been repaired computers and worked in an electronics store. One of them Dave Carlson, who started to mine bitcoins using an ordinary graphics card, and now owns the largest cryptocurrency farm in North America.
a Former software engineer and entrepreneur with 10 years of experience engaged in mining after facing financial problems after dismissal. The company GigaWatt, founded in the basement of Carlson, has turned into a multimillion-dollar business in just a year.
Now the farm is located in a former industrial warehouse, the exact location of which is unknown. Like other major players, GigaWatt trying not to attract the attention of the government.
Carlson estimates the monthly operating costs of the company, which includes the salary of 15 employees, a million dollars. Hasrat completely covers this amount, adds the entrepreneur. In addition to mining cryptocurrency, GigaWatt engaged in manufacturing equipment for mining based on Bitfury chips.
it is Obvious that business at the Carlson is good. Among the factors that contributed to its success, the entrepreneur describes as not only a desperate desire to escape poverty, but a fortune to have low electricity prices. Washington, where the company that offers the cheapest electricity in the country for only 9.56 cents a kilowatt-hour for individuals and 8.42 dollar per kilowatt-hour for businesses.
theFoundedAWANA in 2014, in Iceland, Hasrat — 1000 GH.
Another big mining-farm — Icelandic Genesis Mining. Originally the company was located in Bosnia and China, but then the company suffered a major power in Iceland and Canada due to low electricity prices.
As the company Carlson, Genesis Mining does not disclose the exact location of their farms and methods for equipment cooling.
theFounded in 2016 in Dalan, China. Hasrat — 360000 TH.
About the Chinese Dalian farm mining farm is more likely. The company has about ten plants across the country, in a month it produces 750 bitcoins, and the electricity spend of 1.17 million dollars. The reason for this openness is the stance of the Chinese government in relation to mining entrepreneurs are forced to disclose financial statements to avoid the constant checks and excessive attention of regulators.
the success of the company — no delivery costs and maintenance of ASIC miners. The fact that the largest manufacturing company of equipment for mining cryptocurrency located in China. In addition, the leadership of the Dalian mining farm a good relationship with the local government.
China is the most populous country in the world, and a large number of citizens increases competition in the labour market. Therefore, employees agree to sometimes uncomfortable working conditions. The Dalian mining farm workers live in dormitories right on the farm for a small salary provide busparbuy the work of the enterprise.
theSwitzerland, 2016. Hasrat unknown.
the Largest mining farm in Switzerland is located in the East village of Linthal in the former tannin factory. The owner Guido Rudolphi first launchedthe company in Zurich, but soon found that electricity prices in the capital are too high, and the profit from production is small. Prices in Lintal, on the contrary, the lowest in the country.
Although the problem of cooling the processor still remains relevant, and the company spends quite a lot of money, Rudolphi insists that the financial benefit is not decisive. In his opinion, the world needs Bitcoin for political reasons. The entrepreneur compares the cryptocurrency with the Internet of the 1990-ies, when many people with great skepticism looking at this phenomenon.
the600 bitcoins monthly. Hasrat — 38 PH.
Russia is also among the countries that are home to large mining coins. The largest of them as suggested by media reports, is located in the suburbs. The exact location and farm name were not disclosed. The production capacity of the factory allows to produce 600 bitcoins in a month, coins are generated 3,000 ASIC miners Antminer S9 with a capacity of about 38 PH in a second. To cool this equipment is used modern ventilation system from Iceland. According Slavorum.org the monthly expenses of the farm for electricity exceeds 120 thousand dollars.
thea Large mining farm began to appear just a few years ago. Until 2014 mining cryptocurrency belonged to enthusiasts rather than corporations. With the increasing complexity of the network and fall of the stock market of individual miners leave the market. However, those who managed to create large-scale infrastructure at low electricity prices, continued to lead a truly profitable business.
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