Inside a Liquid Cooled Bitcoin Mine

[@jeffderitis1378]

This farm is the exact farm I was trying to create 3 years ago. Many people wont understand the level of expertise that is needed to setup something like this. Not to mention the expense which is one to the factors that ultimately held me out. The other was not having an industrial or middle of no where to be able to setup. Then the third was the realization that the electrical needs are beyond my scope of understanding and require expensive professionals along with expensive equipment with long lead times. Congrats to this gentleman for making the dream work.

[@jessicastevens538]

It's not that complicated electrically. Its just a lot of power as each machine used 3000+ watts. Coming from building commercial grow rooms for the marijuana industry building mining setups like this is a walk in the park.

[@Stash186]

​@@attribute-4677Not when you calculate the the Accelerated Cost Recovery depreciation methods recognized by the IRS, coin miners typically deduct the value of their rigs over a span of three to five years. The same can be done for most of the infrastructure costs. Some states have very favorable tax structures as well. What is baffling to me is why this was not co-located where the thermal energy could be used?? As energy can neither be created or destroyed they are basically pumping 1.4 megawatts or 4.8 million BTU of energy into the air. This is enough energy to heat a 100,000 sf building, or about 75% of a Walmart.

[@lurker668]

@@attribute-4677 gamblers, look at amount of huge miners that went bankrupt this and last year. At this point ist not fun anymore only institutions can keep run it but not long as every halving is like kick in the balls. Hashrate going up because old miners still can make some profits if you have cheap energy but after halving all those miners will be pure junk.

[@DJSolistica]

@@attribute-4677 Eh, in the near term it definitely does not. A facility like this might take decades to pay off.

[@DanniDuck]

@@attribute-4677 You can save a ton on electricity by using solar power if you have the money for it.

[@johngermain5146]

Very professional buildout. I've worked big industrial setups and fiber networking, 3 phase power distribution, and beautiful plumbing is quite the asset.

[@zburt5946]

Great video! Awesome to see how much you've grown not only in the crypto mining but in the interview skills!

[@YouBetterCallSaul]

Can’t believe how quiet it is… amazing farm 👌🏼

[@ROMIO8880]

Hey I am from India .I had contacted DCX. They said to deliver product , but how trustworthy the company if I paid all cost in advance ? What is your method of purchase.? What is the process of purchase the miner ?

[@Mr_Hundredaire]

This is on a whole other level of cool....literally and figuratively

[@SkyNet-ty1tm]

Wow looks like the payback for all this equipment will take a 7-10 years or more 😅

[@franc9]

Thats not even that long, but it will be even sooner considering the bull run is coming

[@443DM]

In industry, that's not a bad ROI on capex. Scaling is costly. And even once "paid back", lots of the equipment still has value, though the miners here will be spaceheaters/e-waste worth a few bucks a pound.

[@tomitomi20]

Excellent job, everything worked without any issues.

[@bryanciacco4181]

How much money does this guy make a day?

[@andyk6883]

Impressive set up

[@jerryboics9550]

Fascinating insight into why Bitcoin could never become mainstream currency... Electricity ...

[@wamp1738]

quick math 46PHs = $2800/day - $2200/day electricity bill = $600 daily benefits 😢. How did he manage to be profitable and cover other cost and investment ? What after the halving if bitcoin do not x2 ?

[@Alexsh842]

I listened to a guy in a podcast who was into mining and he said one important point is, you have to get in when it's bear market and the hardware is cheap and make the big profits in a bull run if you want to be profitable. But still I think its a hard business to get in to.

[@wamp1738]

@@Alexsh842 i agree to buy hardware during Bear when it is cheap. But why would you run it if it is not profitable. Better wait. Obviously with my maths he cannot pay employees and other cost with only 600$ benefits per day.

[@amplifiergamingBTC]

Potential video idea make a diy water cooler system with pros and cons power consumption hashrate efficiency etc

[@jdaz5462]

It would take about 4 acres of solar panels to power that.

[@candyshoppers]

he proofs with running electrical hardware inside water and in the way that it should not run at all. that you can make it to run. i just wonder how long it will. cause this water environment is technically having conductive characteristica as well. meaning it could interfere from one mining hardware into the other via a shorted circuit. creating power surges in the grid. the ones that can damage the hardware. Not sure how safe it really is therefore. not freezing of the water is also one thing. but what about corrosion? this as well can damage the boards and them no longer running properly. the idea is not a bad one. but maybe adding some additional device that can buffer towards such problems also inside the water would not hurt. if it is not existing yet. it should be build. this has a lot of potential towards every mining hardware on the long run.

[@RipVanSmith]

Bitdeer is building a $150M, 220Mw ASIC campus in my hometown in Ohio. Hope to see a tour after August 2025.

[@yvonnadeau2331]

everybody would emerge, we just don't have the money. we all want effeciency. thx man

[@sschadenfreude]

You start off at an "undisclosed location" and then within 60 secs the CEO says where they are and you show us on a map

[@VoskCoin]

escalated quickly i guess

[@Wilber84]

looks like the circuits that where shown when Jurasic park opened... Super HIGH Powered... Nice

[@alexs1540]

Add your own geothermal energy or full solar power and this is a real dream operation

[@jeffderitis1378]

Solar power and BTC mining don't go together. BTC is too power intensive! The amount of money you need to invest can never be returned. Not to mention the space needed and so forth. Believe me I tried to find ways to make it work. Geothermal would help some with cooling though.

[@resilient4637]

Better than you living in the basement with all them on at the same time.

[@YuliyanVelev]

TOP Secret and minute later showing the exact location

[@bigbusiness87business2]

that’s insane. imagine the new s21’s in diaelectric fluid 😮

[@ItsBrynnB]

This is so sick! Glad to have the MFT series back 🎉

[@WineHouse33]

People fail to realize that this model, destroys the opportunity for the regular guy to do it....Sheeple are asleep sheeps until they get slaughtered...

[@ItsBrynnB]

That's one of the "risks" of decentralisation though?@@WineHouse33 anyone has the opportunity to go big if the market allows them to. What would your suggestion be then for these "sheeps" that are asleep (ie. just enjoying quality crypto entertainment content?)

[@lexingtRick]

This video can go on TV

[@heikkih8091]

Such a great video! Thank you Vosk 👍 Looking forward to see your liquid cooled setup.

[@latinourbano]

I applied to a similar company...did phone interview, onsite interview...and still no call when to start

[@markbowles7060]

Damn... that's impressive.

[@Miner_001]

Clean setup at one point I wanted to do immersion cooling at home level but is to messy and I do not what they do to a plastic!

[@devonwilliams2423]

might want to add a blur with youtube editor when showing those empty boxes with shipping sticker

[@BTCxyz369]

Super Cool immersion farm 🏄‍♀️

[@zackjohnson9928]

Hey use the heat coming off the devices to make a mini power plant

[@pami862]

HELL OF A VIDEO MAAAAN

[@sthue1001]

Delivery guys dont care. I ordered 2 Rhode and Schwartz spectrum analyzers for $150k apiece. I watched the shipping guy on camera set one down, use the one in his arms to open and hold door while he kicked the one on the floor through the door. They both worked fine. So no harm no foul I guess.

[@JonBooks]

Thank you for sharing! Great Stuff!

[@jacooosthuizen3593]

Did i hear that correct? 46Petahash and running $2200 a day on electricity. Calculating that he is making $1420 a day.

[@id104335409]

Im still fuzzy on how Bitcoin is being mined. I get that the machines are running an algorithm, but how do you get rewarded? Is it all by chance? Or is it relative to your computing power? The more you add, the more you make? Or just the better chance you have to get rewarded?

[@Adam-xr6fj]

Think about it as a global scale lottery, that gets won (solved) every 10 minutes on average. The more mining power (hashrate) you have the better the chances that you will be the winner for that 10 minute slot.

[@bdBob2030]

mining is ledger hosting. dude gets paid in coin for keeping the hosting operation running, the thing is bitcoin is not infinite so eventually these 'miners' will be working for transaction costs since there wont be any coins to 'mine'. thats when the blood bath begins as liquidating the coin will come at a high price. operations like this cost tens of thousand a month in facilities hardware insurance and operations costs.

[@jamestreanor182]

That piping looks so expensive. Why not just use PVC or ABS?

[@NoName-kf1cy]

That's called a chiller

[@Ramdodge582]

What are we talking about here for latency? 8 ms or 80 ms?

[@gemrough]

The temps are census and not Fahrenheit! If you had to run the miners at 60f-70f you could not air cool them… even water cooling them would be nearly impossible!!!

[@missvosk]

Yes you’re right! The temps should be Celsius. We’re so used to F.

[@BMAEnterprisesInc]

Thanks for catching that. Sorry for the confusion and glad you corrected it for other viewers.

[@Karagoldberg7]

I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone's that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.

[@asictothemoon8688]

I am going to be that guy but us at Vnish do Autotune on all our models. We actually invented AutoTune in early 2018. On another note holy crap this is a really clean farm also your management software you built is great. You would be surprised how many large miners don't have custom stuff like this mad. Kuddos to you it's really great keep up the good work!

[@BMAEnterprisesInc]

We used Vnish a while ago and didn't recall the AutoTune feature. We liked the firmware but ultimately switched since we had so many AMLogic control boards. Certainly would recommend other miners take look at Vnish. Appreciate the comments about our software.

[@SolarTechFL]

​@BMAEnterprisesInc I have some experience in this here is something to consider, you should have run the dielectric oil out to the cooling tower. The additional heat exchange is costing them 10% of their cooling capability mainly temperature 🌡 but also btu capacity. If they did a supply and return well and pump ground water thru the heat exchangers they could eliminate the cooling tower and use 50-60*f water to cool the tanks. Way less power consumption on a well pump then all those cooling towers and the loop pump.

[@darrelgreene]

He knocks quietly 😂...

[@bobsingle45]

Cool, thanks for sharing this Vosk!

[@bobsingle45]

And yes I'm from the slide rule, pocket calculator era

[@BMAEnterprisesInc]

😀@@bobsingle45

[@effervescentrelief]

If I wont the lottery... there would be signs. Also, when speaking about the transformer, it's nice when third parties work with you because it's beneficial to both parties.

[@bigl512]

So is this where the term “ minor attracted person” comes from lol

[@zerozia]

Where did you buy the cooling system & the build? (withour the miners)

[@krisk1547]

Which crypto continues to go up? I've lost value of rolex in it

[@NoName-kf1cy]

Google lens will help with those translations

[@renatin1230]

can you do a video about the fry foundation miners?

[@hoocli]

How does the 480 3 phase work. I thought these were onky rated to 240 not 277

[@johngermain5146]

Don't forget the 480v to 120v/208v makes things simple. Custom transformers are also used often.

[@Colby_Attack]

@@johngermain5146we used custom power supplies but the stock Bitmain ones work well with split phase 277.

[@car2069]

@@johngermain5146 better to run 415/240 three phase.

[@RainBitcoins]

Love the content.... Thx Vosk

[@luismartin4448]

Thanks, for another mining lesson. Great Video

[@triplenickeltechnologies]

Very good video! Very good content!

[@circusboy90210]

9:41 you lost me when you said china

[@a-fl-man640]

at 20K a day it better be making a bundle. that cost a fortune to build and engineer.

[@SolarTechFL]

I did this small scale back in 2017 I made some videos on it it was fun 🤪

[@Arw0809]

Do they have a UPS system?

[@nellermann]

good use case for SD-WAN! for WAN redundancy.

[@SamJones1337]

I am so curious what his rate is for power

[@gregvisioninfosoft]

what a total waste of equipment, energy and power. all to facilitate an infrastructure that will be used to monitor and control our financial life, or worse - to enable or disable it....

[@dn2817]

I do ask: how much btc do they mine per month? How much is their electric bill?

[@mysty0]

Nobody made the inevitable "Rich Men North of Richmond" comment yet?

[@VoskCoin]

no somebody comments that about daily on this video lol

[@mysty0]

@@VoskCoin I did go for a short lol, maybe 500 comments and didnt see it. Im not a Crypto guy but all the more power to you doing what you love. Hope it pans out for you

[@tazanteflight8670]

The Monopoly money printer goes brrrr...

[@mattkukla1073]

The computers r trying to gues a random number to mine a new btc

[@balexan530]

What a farce.

[@jb7052]

Great video

[@millacentbystander2992]

I made a mistake.... I thought tossing all my miners in my swimming pool was the same thing but uh ... 😮 I was wrong ..we where soooo wrong ! 😂 I see that now... I was wondering if I was the only one who's miners produced smoke plumes, I though it was just an exclusive feature. The More You Know!

[@maksor123]

so roughly this is like a 3 million dollar operation

[@tomaszbuk9519]

rather closer to 1mln than 3mln S19 at bulk right now you can have in the range of 1k 2MW system from DCX is about 500k +transformer +warehouse

[@Petercoin-gq5hr]

Very interesting!

[@oldleatherhandsfriends4053]

With all the cash this guy obviously had access to why not get some more land and build a solar farm or wind to power your bitcoin mine?

[@wamp1738]

really appreciate the detailed explanation. Thumb up.

[@tommybytes]

awesome vid

[@fartburp5531]

All this to run an antiquated network. So glad we have #Cardano.

[@johnd.5601]

Are these guys the rich man north of Richmond?

[@bigbusiness87business2]

straight killin it

[@ihearDeadpeople]

If someone who started out that long ago still thinks it has potential, it still has potential... Thanks for the tour thanks for the in depth questions I think the detail was fine...

[@Aday442]

Dope video

[@lurker668]

Makes you wonder how much BTC they need to sell per month to sustain operations... after every halving its twice more selling presure. (All miners not just this) Slowly heading into rekt fest.

[@nickpanetti637]

Buy a hashling get envolved in a btc mining community

[@VoskCoin]

I actually mine btc, I am part of the btc mining community

[@capmendonca]

If bitcoin decrease value to almost nothing this people lose a LOT of money/investment

[@VoskCoin]

But it won’t

[@alexs1540]

Neato!

[@someonelastname8175]

Does this add any value to society? Does it achieve some material thing or concept that will benefit people in some way? NO, it's all notional value. If bitcoin disappeared tomorrow the would wouldn't be any better/worse off. I think the energy for these farms needs to be green energy, i.e. solar/wind by law. Otherwise well done on this build out, the engineering is pretty amazing.

[@smaggies]

Great tour amazing facility. :)

[@Thai-Ron]

How many Megawatts does the facility use?

[@Colby_Attack]

About 1.8MW currently with the heat in the summer. We ramp it up another 400kw with over clocking when temperatures and BTC prices agree.

[@SolarTechFL]

​@@Colby_AttackI have some experience in this here is something to consider, you should have run the dielectric oil out to the cooling tower. The additional heat exchange is costing them 10% of their cooling capability mainly temperature 🌡 but also btu capacity. If they did a supply and return well and pump ground water thru the heat exchangers they could eliminate the cooling tower and use 50-60*f water to cool the tanks. Way less power consumption on a well pump then all those cooling towers and the loop pump.

[@machineman268]

1.21 jiggawatts!

[@sbonky]

"undisclosed location" and then he says the exact town is in lol

[@VoskCoin]

We tried lol

[@mddidarhossen591]

trip to minor Didar Hossen

[@sunvalleyorganics]

1 million on miners alone.. sheeesh 😅

[@akshonclip]

Talk about an absolute complete waste of electricity.

[@dmpi483]

Don't complain about climate change when this guy can burn up $2000 of power per day.

[@rawdoggin824]

Best part about these miners is all of this is for nothing

[@dogefromthefuture]

That's $2,200/day that could be going to miners instead of being money wasted on power. Proof of stake makes so much more sense. Let's not forget how much this entire setup costs for the equipment, design, installation, maintenance. It's ridiculous. I can run 50+ ETH validators on 1 small box running off a regular 120v home outlet 😂😂😂 Is proof of work really better for ANY reason??? Is there any hard core proof of this??? Because being required to waste all this money and time to do something ETH does plug and play on 1 small box is INSANE. 😂😂😂

[@VoskCoin]

you have $3m+ in ETH? lol

[@josemichellpr]

Great 👍

[@foremasp]

Gross waste of power, being in Virginia, rest assured it’s some of the dirtiest power out there.

[@johndonovan7018]

scammers creating scams. amazing

[@WineHouse33]

Corporate mining with investor money.... Corporations ruined the cannabis model. Hopefully it doesn't do the same to crypto mining....

[@098765432qwertyuiop]

"farm", "mining". Implying this creates value. Lol.

[@azrnzala]

what a waste of technology and power and expertise.

[@TUFRTX]

Indeed !

[@reylinsangan2614]

this is really bad for the environment and for the economy. this is no different from any pyramid scheme. for sure the wealthiest right now is either the founder or the one who owns the most coins... If they can farm the artificial coins, which is intangible unlike paper note or gold, this is sounds the same as printing paper money.. the big difference is printing money does not damage the environment... Nevertheless, both processes are bad economy... Imagine the amount of power being used and wasted to mine one artificial coin, on the average it requires 1500 KWH of energy. Another thing, let's say what if the founder or the person who owns the most coins, all of sudden one day thought of selling all the coins he owns, the price of the coin will drop by 1000XXX%, so all other holders down below will loose money by the millions or billions... or what will happen if one day the mining program and whole mining infrastructure breaks down or malfunction, what will happen to the value of the coins being held by those who bought.... ??? Pls post or reply your comment below if you have different view. Just please make it coherent, logical, plausible and sensible, a well thought analysis of the entire crypto economy... thanks