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Death of a miner , Bitcoin miner!

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Death of a miner , Bitcoin miner!

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Postby monabri » July 22nd, 2021, 8:10 pm

"Danai Makmek, 26, in Thailand is the latest in a string of industrial accidents caused by unregulated Bitcoin mining"

"In what is believed to be the industry's first fatality, a bit-coin "miner" has died after his computer exploded during an attempt to increase its power and allow him to mine more Bitcoins."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... g-bitcoin/

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Re: Death of a miner , Bitcoin miner!

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Postby Watis » July 22nd, 2021, 8:49 pm

ReallyVeryFoolish wrote:What a shame he actually died. He was a very strong Darwin award candidate had he survived. Nonetheless, humanity is better off without his genes in the apparently very shallow gene pool he inhabited.

RVF


Darwin awards are always posthumous, I believe.

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Re: Death of a miner , Bitcoin miner!

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Postby Leothebear » July 23rd, 2021, 9:42 am

Watis wrote:
ReallyVeryFoolish wrote:What a shame he actually died. He was a very strong Darwin award candidate had he survived. Nonetheless, humanity is better off without his genes in the apparently very shallow gene pool he inhabited.

RVF


Darwin awards are always posthumous, I believe.

Watis


That's the whole point. By dying they have improved the gene pool.

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Re: Death of a miner , Bitcoin miner!

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Postby didds » July 23rd, 2021, 10:23 am

Leothebear wrote:
Watis wrote:
ReallyVeryFoolish wrote:What a shame he actually died. He was a very strong Darwin award candidate had he survived. Nonetheless, humanity is better off without his genes in the apparently very shallow gene pool he inhabited.

RVF


Darwin awards are always posthumous, I believe.

Watis


That's the whole point. By dying they have improved the gene pool.



AIUI they can also be awarded for those that survive if their accident means they can no longer procreate...


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