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Of all the companies that came to North Carolina in recent years, from Toyota to Google to Amazon, encryption operations are not completely launched.

But, due to its vast areas of land, the state is increasingly targeting these groups that are looking to work here – which raises the anger of the locals.

But as politicians and legislators head to encryption, these mining operations are of increasing importance.

When it comes to “mining” the digital currency, do not think about it like charcoal drilling. Mines are approved on encryption transactions and adds these transactions to what is known as “Blockchain”. Without mining, bitcoin and other digital currencies stop working.

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Who leads us to North Carolina. When digital currency mining was banned in China during 2021, many encryptions moved to the United States. The encryption companies are attracted to the population areas that have a few, as the force-which needs an amazing amount-is affordable for everyone.

As a reward, there are not many people to complain about the blogging noise, which comes from the dodging of high -speed fans that operate day and night to cool mine computers.

Recently, the Cryptomine operation seemed ready for the opening in Burke Province until the city council approved a set of laws dividing the restrictions – after it is called a group called patriotism Coalition Against Cryptoming drew attention to the company’s plans.

Rituals

It is difficult to sleep when you live near Cryptomine.

People compare the sound of fans with a roar jet engine. Or constantly break a waterfall. Or a motorcycle to the end of its engine.

Cindy Roberson He left Cherokee to escape the mine debt. She saw others collapsing in crying in public meetings when describing noise.

For Roberson, coded currency mining is environmentally destroyed and socially. The process only benefits from distant encryption investors, and left the community itself in a loud mixing. It is welcome like a high -speed race in its backyard.

To unacceptable eye, crepetumins look like unnotecked rows of storage containers. There are no employees. Computers loud on their own, and check encryption transactions by trying to solve an endless stream of complex sports puzzles.

When the puzzle computers properly solve, they check a set of cryptocurrencies and add them to the general professor’s book known as Blockchain. As a reward for extensive work to verify, Cryptoming receives a cryptocurrency and transaction fees recently. To do this work, computers use a huge amount of electricity and generate a lot of heat, which explains the need for deaf fans.

One encryption Use Hundreds of salads per hour. Looking at this one MiGawat can provide more than 400 homes.

For this reason, encoded loves to create their facilities near sub -stations or other power sources.

Nine provinces of North Carolina Mountain, including Cherokee, now have a prohibition or preventive decree against encryption. But by the time when the Cherokee Checkruk County was banned in 2023, three mines were already working and not subject to a ban.

Today, they continue their strong river.

Very legal to resign

The legal currency is acquired in North Carolina. Bill 920 House aims to convert the cryptocurrency into a valid legal tender in the state. Another draft law – consent By the house – the NC’s Secretary is allowed Brad Brenner To put up to 5 % of state investments in encryption.

But although Briner believes that Crypto is a smart investment in North Carolina, he does not necessarily want to be extracted in the state.

“I am concerned about Cryptomines,” Brenner said Carolina Public Press. “If your business does not really employ people and consumes a lot of cheap energy, this is not the best work for us to recruit.”

On the federal level, the president Donald Trump I promised To make the United States “the world of encryption in the world”, it creates Bitcoin reserves and reduces all kinds of restrictions on the digital currency.

North Carolina does not maintain a record of Cryptomines, so it is difficult to know the number of workers throughout the state.

Cryptoming

Despite the increasing increasing encryption in the Rally and Washington, local governments are back against allowing these operations to be within their borders.

When Digihost, Cryptoming Canadian, bought a piece of land within the Hildbran border, a small city in Burke Northwest from Charlotte, many did not rise at first.

The city had no idea about Digihost, which was planning to build a mine on the ground that the company bought for a few years.

However, it was an alert to the company’s plan, however, Hildbran has acted quickly, as it passed the division ceremonies of registered areas against Cryptoming at the city council meeting in late April. Laws adhere to the level of DSepel on a calm that can almost be achieved for the Kurgoren – 55 decibels Comparison To the sound of the household refrigerator. Ordinary Cryptomines can reach 95 decibels, which can cause permanent hearing loss in constant exposure.

But mines are not frankly not banned, and Hildbran leaves the door open.

“At this time, the city has no official knowledge of when or if any such operation will start,” according to a statement issued by the Hildbran City Council. “Our goal in the proposed decrees is to maintain neutral codes … and not to affect the use of force for citizens and industries in the city.”

The areas also limit the operating hours, which prevent the mine from running overnight.

Roberson says this has “finished” from the game Cryptomines.

This may be true in Burke Province.

But not necessarily in North Carolina.

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