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Tending Goats and Microprocessors Xingzhe Liu: Uncovering Sichuan's Remote Bitcoin Mines
Author(s) -
Young Liam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2392
Subject(s) - hydroelectricity , china , mining engineering , streams , engineering , computer science , history , archaeology , electrical engineering , operating system
A new technological industry is stirring deep in rural China: Bitcoin mines operated by hydroelectric power from mountain streams. Photojournalist Xingzhe Liu took the long hike to discover their operators’ working conditions. Guest‐Editor Liam Young relays the dark and gruelling tale of what he found.