This video originally appeared on Motherboard.
Bitcoin mines like this makeshift operation located in Northeast China are what keep the bitcoin network up and running. Motherboard will visit the secretive mine located in rural Northeast China and document a day-in-the-life of the three employees hired to maintain the mine.
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