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dog barks this highly secured facility hosts equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars. yersain is the manager of this crypto mine, which is owned by energex, kazakhstan s biggest mining company. how many machines? what s happening inside these powerful computers is the backbone of crypto currencies like bitcoin. the decentralised digital money can
when energy supplies are put under strain, things can become tense. explosion, shouting injanuary, massive protests erupted across kazakhstan after a sudden increase in fuel prices. there was no direct link to crypto mining, but the impact of the unrest was huge for miners. the government shut down the internet nationwide, which took the entire industry offline for five days. it slowed the global network down by 18% and caused a dip in the price of bitcoin. kazakhstan s cheap electricity comes at an environmental cost, too. just 20 minutes drive from energex, two other crypto mines