Bitcoin mining was booming in Kazakhstan. Then it was gone.
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Miners flocked to the country to take advantage of cheap energy and loose regulation. Now most of them have moved on, leaving little behind but moldering equipment and social tension.
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Bitcoin mining was booming in Kazakhstan. Then it was gone.