Pattaya: Bitcoin miner pays with his life after ignoring brother's plea not to repair faulty equipment himself

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Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that Pol Col Santi Chuchert of the Na Jomtien police went to a house with one of his captains and a rescue foundation team after a man was electrocuted. 

 

They found Danai, 26, slumped up against his Bitcoin mining equipment dressed only in a pair of blue boxer shorts. 

 

Apiwat, his elder brother, said that his brother told him that the equipment was malfunctioning and sparking.

 

He urged his brother not to try and fix it himself but to call an electrician and wait for morning.

 

When an electrician arrived in the morning he found Danai dead and called the authorities. 

 

It appeared that the Bitcoin miner had tried to do the repairs himself and paid with his life. 

 

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[worgeordie]

You must switch electricity off at the mains, before

you start fiddling about with it, RIP

regards Worgeordie

[wprime]

2 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

You must switch electricity off at the mains, before

you start fiddling about with it, RIP

regards Worgeordie

But then the equipment stops mining, every second counts!

 

Anyways, any word if those graphics cards are for sale? Sounds like he doesn't need them anymore.

Edited July 21, 2021 by wprime

[ezzra]

Died while mining bitcoins, coal miners die, gold and other precious metals die and now Bitcoin miners die, as it was said in Ecclesiastes 1:9   What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun...

Edited July 21, 2021 by ezzra

[mrfill]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Died while mining bitcoins, coal miners die, gold and other precious metals die and now Bitcoin miners die, as it was said in Ecclesiastes 1:9   What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun...

Are you sure? I thought that was a Sting album

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

You must switch electricity off at the mains, before

you start fiddling about with it, RIP

regards Worgeordie

Blue boxers and electricity don't mix...

[Almer]

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

You must switch electricity off at the mains, before

you start fiddling about with it, RIP

regards Worgeordie

But for the unwary be aware that aircon  generally doesn't go through the normal breaker or ECB, with electric the rule is " if you dont need to touch it, dont"

[Mr Meeseeks]

Those are not Bitcoin mining rigs.

 

They will be mining some proof of work crypto but not Bitcoin. Need specialised kit to mine Bitcoin these days due to the hash rate required. 

[peterpaintpot]

On 7/22/2021 at 10:00 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Those are not Bitcoin mining rigs.

 

They will be mining some proof of work crypto but not Bitcoin. Need specialised kit to mine Bitcoin these days due to the hash rate required. 

Can some nice person explain in simple terms how a machine can mine bitcoins? I thought that bitcoins were a virtual currency. It doesn't make sense to an old prospector like me.

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, peterpaintpot said:

Can some nice person explain in simple terms how a machine can mine bitcoins? I thought that bitcoins were a virtual currency. It doesn't make sense to an old prospector like me.

Don't let curiosity  draw you in..... mind numbing stuff.

[Gsxrnz]

21 hours ago, peterpaintpot said:

Can some nice person explain in simple terms how a machine can mine bitcoins? I thought that bitcoins were a virtual currency. It doesn't make sense to an old prospector like me.

The "explain it to me like I'm a five-year-old" answer is that the bitcoin  miners are similar to auditors of the electronic crypto currency system.  They electronically track all the transactions to make sure that nobody cheats and spends their invisible money more than once, and that one "coin" is not electronically counterfeited. They are paid randomly for their "work" in bitcoin. In fact, new bitcoins are only ever created in this way. 

 

It's called "mining" because they have to filter through terabytes of data to find a correct "solution" in the form of complex equations, much like a gold miner digging through tons of rock to find a speck of gold.

 

Forget the technology side of it - imagine they are working in a Charles Dickens period counting house, poring over the ledgers to make sure everything balances and everything is accounted for.

Edited July 25, 2021 by Gsxrnz
Clarity

[Lancelot01]

14 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

The "explain it to me like I'm a five-year-old" answer is that the bitcoin  miners are similar to auditors of the electronic crypto currency system.  They electronically track all the transactions to make sure that nobody cheats and spends their invisible money more than once, and that one "coin" is not electronically counterfeited. They are paid randomly for their "work" in bitcoin. In fact, new bitcoins are only ever created in this way. 

 

It's called "mining" because they have to filter through terabytes of data to find a correct "solution" in the form of complex equations, much like a gold miner digging through tons of rock to find a speck of gold.

 

Forget the technology side of it - imagine they are working in a Charles Dickens period counting house, poring over the ledgers to make sure everything balances and everything is accounted for.

Bah Humbug Mr Cratchit

[Leaver]

On 7/24/2021 at 11:43 AM, peterpaintpot said:

Can some nice person explain in simple terms how a machine can mine bitcoins? I thought that bitcoins were a virtual currency. It doesn't make sense to an old prospector like me.

 

The Bitcoin mining machine is today's equivalent of the pick, shovel, and pan.  Just add electricity, and you mine a virtual currency.  

 

This guy died trying to fix the machine, but many have died trying to steal electricity, attempting to bypass the meter.  

[Gsxrnz]

8 hours ago, Lancelot01 said:

Bah Humbug Mr Cratchit

Libra, solidus, denarius. ????

[tonray]

22 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

hey electronically track all the transactions to make sure that nobody cheats

That doesn't sound like capitalism...is this some kind of communist plot ?