Aftermath of a failed bitcoin mining operation.

My friends father was renting space on his farm for a bitcoin mining operation. The operation became unprofitable. The mining operation went bankrupt. The company came in and took everything out of the 6 antmain bit-boxes (converted shipping containers). The photos are what they left behind. Mostly Antminer S19 units and even more asic boards. Plenty of antmain rack PDUs. Some 480VAC breaker panels. A 480VAC switch unit. The land owner did accept the mess voluntarily. He is breaking the equipment down for scrap value. I wonder, is there a better price available out there above scrap value? Is this normal? FWIW, I used the term failed very tongue-in-cheek. I estimate the operation mined millions in this operation.

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u/lifeanon269 1 13 hours ago

Humans need to do a better job at cradle to grave (ie, cradle to cradle) engineering. It is an absolute shame that so much electronics have absolutely no life after their designed use case. This is not a bitcoin specific problem. It is a problem across computing. Recycling isn't enough. All these boards just make their way to landfills. We need to come up with ways where we can reuse things well beyond after their initial use ceases. Modularity, standards, material choice, etc. Obviously somethings will simply never have another use case, such as the ASIC chips themselves. But that is a tiny component of the overall amount of materials used. We can do better.
u/ecmdome 1 13 hours ago

I'm sure that people selling BitAxes would be interested in those S19s and asic boards for the right price.
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u/PuttForDough 1 13 hours ago

What advantage was there to do this at a farm? Were they getting wind turbine energy for free or something?