Racks of computers used for Bitcoin mining line a hallway inside Genesis Mining’s Enigma facility in Iceland. Photo: Lisa Barnard

Photo gallery: Inside the Icelandic facility where Bitcoin is mined – Cryptocurrency mining now uses more of Iceland’s electricity than its homes

By Laura Mallonee 3 November 2019 (Wired) – Less than two miles from Iceland’s Reykjavik airport sits a nondescript metal building as monolithic and drab as a commercial poultry barn. There’s a deafening racket inside, too, but it doesn’t come from clucking chickens. Instead, tens of thousands of whirring GPUs perform the complex, exhaustive calculations […]

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