[2014-09-06] Inside a Top Bitcoin Mine in China

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http://www.coindesk.com/gallery-inside-top-bitcoin-mine-china/

Once the pursuit of hobbyists with powerful CPUs (and later GPUs), mining is now a highly competitive business performed on an industrial scale.

But what is life like inside one of these power guzzling giants? Blogger Bitsmith found out first-hand on a trip to a one of the world’s biggest facilities at a mystery location in China. Check out the scenes he witnessed in the gallery below: