“They have armed guards, like a private security force, and they have chased some of our protesters down the road. We’ve had to make formal complaints about their aggressive nature,' Cyndie Roberson told The Daily Beast
in China to natural gas in the U.S. As other nations consider banning the mining of cryptocurrency, companies may continue shifting operations to the U.S., using the excess energy within the electrical grid for mining. With more cryptocurrency mining facilities opening in the U.S., people around the country are looking for ways to stop them.
The residents of Cherokee County who have mobilized against these mines have begun looking for lessons in other communities that have managed to get rid of similar facilities.that a crypto mine owned by Red Dog Technologies is not allowed to operate under current zoning conditions in the county. The lawsuit was brought forth by the county itself after months of complaints from citizens, but it may be another year until the mine shuts down.
Cherokee County has turned out to be one of those destinations. The situation is made more challenging by a lack of transparency from the Board of Commissioners and ANKR. The mines are highly secretive and were set up without consultation or feedback from the county’s residents—leaving citizens like Thompson and Roberson in the dark. One day, traffic was diverted as new electrical poles were being set up, and later construction began in a cornfield.
Since then, the noise has been a constant unwelcome presence, intensifying at night and loud enough to be heard inside the house. She only discovered that the mysterious new building across the road was a crypto mine from a local Facebook group. More industrial-sized fans are required to cool the crypto facility in warmer weather, which makes the noise even louder. “The worst that it gets so far that I’ve clocked has been 70 decibels,” Thompson explained. Seventy decibels is approximately as loud as the
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