Small city in Upstate NY passes first Bitcoin mining ban in U.S(newyorkupstate.com)
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Small city in Upstate NY passes first Bitcoin mining ban in U.S
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/northern-ny/2018/03/plattsburgh_passes_first_bitcoin_mining_ban_in_us.html
Town Councilman Samuel Carbone said he wants to see any code changes address people running home mining facilities out of seaboxes, large cargo containers used in shipping.
“I’ve seen some pictures where they have these seaboxes planted out in a field and doing their own mining,” he said. “They put racks in the seaboxes, load them up with computers, put a fan on the end.”
“I think we need to look at codes that deal with seaboxes.”
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Another dynamic to power costs are the numerous wind farms which popped up all over Franklin County about 7 or 8 years ago: http://www.noblepower.com/our-windparks/north-country-new-yo...
Regardless, having additional economic activity north of the Adirondacks is really important. These communities have suffered for decades, with the main industry in many communities being prisons. There are a dwindling number of family farms (the exception being an influx of Amish) and most industrial operations are scaling down or closing outright, such as GM and Alcoa in Massena.