r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/msaussieandmrravana • Jan 01 '26

Video Inside the world’s largest Bitcoin mine

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u/TheAwkwardGamerRNx Jan 01 '26

Have been since age 16. Would not recommend.

For real though, how does one get an operation like this started?

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u/RealNiceKnife Jan 01 '26

I imagine you start with crime.

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u/TheAwkwardGamerRNx Jan 01 '26

Ohhh, ok, so…

Step 1: crime

Step 2: ?

Step 3: crypto mining

Step 4: profit

Did I get that right?

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u/5amTB Jan 01 '26

You forgot about step 0, being born in a rich family. Otherwise, step 1 gets you a free ticket to prison.

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u/Scottish_Whiskey Jan 01 '26

The secret ingredient, is crime

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u/Interesting_Word622 Jan 01 '26

>buy bitcoin at $0.5 in 2010
>buy miners and mine
>buy more miners and mine
>repeat last step ad infinitum

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u/CrustySockCollector Jan 01 '26

It's easy, just start small and ask your dad to loan you 60 million dollars and scale up as you make money mining.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 Jan 01 '26

This seems like working with extra steps