ʻO David Edwards
Ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe kamaʻāina o Granbury, Texas, i kahi hoʻopiʻi kūʻē i ka pilikua crypto mining ʻo Marathon Digital, me ka haʻi ʻana i ka leo hiki ʻole mai kāna hale mining Bitcoin kūloko. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau kānaka noho i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka walaʻau mau a me nā haʻalulu mai ka pūnaewele i hōʻeha i ka "hōʻoluʻolu a me ka huhū," i ka hopena i ko lākou olakino a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi, i waiho ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 4 i ka ʻAha Hood County, ʻōlelo ʻo ka walaʻau ʻole ʻana mai nā hana mining Bitcoin o Marathon ua alakaʻi i ka luhi, ke poʻo, ka lohe ʻana, a me nā pilikia olakino no nā kamaʻāina kokoke. Ua hōʻike kekahi poʻe i ka piʻi ʻana o nā kūlana mua, e like me ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ma muli o ka hana ʻana o ka hale.
Ma waho aʻe o nā pilikia olakino, ʻōlelo ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi ua alakaʻi ka hana mining a Marathon i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā bila uila a me ka emi ʻana o nā waiwai waiwai. ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau hoʻopiʻi, ʻaʻole i pane ākea ʻo Marathon Digital.
ʻO ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi, i hōʻike ʻia e ka loio Earthjustice Rodrigo Cantú, ke ʻimi nei i kahi kauoha mau e hoʻopau i ka hoʻohaumia leo o Marathon a i ʻole e pani i ka pūnaewele. ʻO ka hale hana ʻo Granbury, i loaʻa iā Marathon i Ianuali 2023, he 4.3 ExaHashs i kēlā me kēia kekona a ua hoʻāla i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa kaiāulu like mai kona kūkulu ʻana.
Hoʻopuka kēia kaua kānāwai i kahi hihia ma mua ma Norewai, kahi i pani pono ai nā kamaʻāina i kahi mine Bitcoin ma luna o nā hopohopo walaʻau.
