Quote from: DaveF on Today at 01:02:54 AM

Quote from: larry_vw_1955 on Today at 12:38:12 AM

it doesn't mean the laws don't need to be changed then. new zoning regulations to deal with noise. plus many of these people you don't seem to understand probably been living there before bitcoin even got invented. i bet they don't like satoshi now though. i wonder if satoshi would feel responsible for kind of wrecking their lives....

You seem to be missing the point, due to lack of regulation(s) and such where there are allowed a BTC mine to be setup. Could have just as easily been any other loud commercial thing there. It just happens to be mining. If it were a jet engine testing and repair facility we would not be having this discussion because it never would have made the news. Or if it did it would just be local news.

Only because it's BTC / crypto are we hearing about it.
-Dave

Exactly. Then there is the matter of most Texans not liking regulations/zoning laws et al at all. That is a large part of why the Texas power grid has few ties to the rest of the US grid. Remember, most of Texas is very rural - wide open plains and such. That means you can do with your property pretty much what you like and no one will say squat about it.

You want to keep all of your old cars on your property and have fun with them? Even use them for target practice? Go for it and all things like that. Once zoning laws show up they become a 2-edged sword: Sure, regulate noise - but be aware that target practice is also loud, b. someone will also get it into their head that they don't like your collection of old junkers either.