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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Stricter regulation of bitcoin mining facilities. Noise was mentioned in three of the letter’s eight paragraphs.But Bitcoin Mining Noise Is A Solved ProblemEvery mining operation — from 10 online machines to 10,000 — can employ a variety of products and strategies to limit noise output. Noise complaints about bitcoin mining farms will probably multiply before they start to subside. But this particular problem has many possible solutions. Here are a few:Location is one of the most obvious solutions for noise. If possible, relocate to more remote areas. For example, after facing noise complaints from neighbors near some of its mining sites, Bitfarms announced its plans to select more remote locations for new sites. The public Canadian mining company also implemented advanced sound monitoring equipment that makes operational adjustments to reduce sound levels in real time.Other bitcoin mining companies, however, have opted for slightly less technical solutions for their noise. One natural-gas-powered, off-grid mining site, for example, erected rows of hay bales behind its on-site mining facilities to shield nearby residents from the noise. For mining facilities without easy access to hay bales, the possibilities for alternate tools and materials for noise reduction are nearly endless, including soundproof tiles, various acoustic barriers, prefabricated noise-dampening enclosures, noise insulation foam and more.Depending on how the setup is architected, home miners could annoy their closest neighbors with mining noise, too — even with a few machines. In these situations, tools like the Black Box from Upstream Data are essential. This fire-and-weather-resistant enclosure cuts a machine’s noise level in half.Some retail-focused bitcoin mining companies are also publishing guides and educational materials on noise reduction for the benefit of their clients. For example, Kaboomracks, the bitcoin industry’s leading hardware resale marketplace, produced a step-by-step video tutorial on noise reduction. Compass Mining, a Bitcoin startup offering hosted mining services, also published a home mining guide that includes a section with tips for noise management.Immersion cooling is another sure-fire technique for not just reducing noise, but eliminating it altogether. After all, a mining machine’s highest decibels are produced by the thing that keeps it from overheating and melting: high-velocity fans. Remove the fans, submerge the hardware in dielectric fluid and the noise disappears. Analysis on immersion cooling from Braiins Mining corroborates this. “The removal of the fans and density of the fluid practically eliminates the noise,” a recent article from the company reads.Sometimes, the key to massive noise reduction is as simple as installing a different fan. Jesse Peltan, CTO at bitcoin mining and energy infrastructure company HODL Ranch, demonstrated this in a video he shared on Twitter. Peltan shows an old-generation bitcoin mining machine with a factory stock fan running at 78 dB compared to the same machine with a Noctua fan running at 53 dB — a difference of 25 dB!It’s Not Just A Bitcoin ProblemBitcoin mining is noisy. But mining farms are not the only type of computing infrastructure facilities receiving noise complaints. Noise pollution is an inherent problem for traditional data centers, too. And
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