<story><title>Police destroy Bitcoin miners with steamroller in Malaysia</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv739/police-destroy-1069-bitcoin-miners-with-big-ass-steamroller-in-malaysia</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anyfactor</author><text>Crypto mining really isn&amp;#x27;t for any country that doesn&amp;#x27;t have energy surplus and favorable political situation (exception being China of course).</text></item><item><author>pjc50</author><text>A common phrase in finance for doing some low-profitability activity that has a big downside risk is &amp;quot;picking up pennies in front of a steamroller&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>smt88</author><text>Countries with an energy surplus can export crypto tokens, but they can often export more stable and useful things instead (aluminum, for example).&lt;p&gt;So I&amp;#x27;d have to add a stipulation: it&amp;#x27;s for &lt;i&gt;people&lt;/i&gt; in countries where &lt;i&gt;people&lt;/i&gt; have access to surplus energy, but don&amp;#x27;t have access to better ways to export the energy.</text></comment>
<story><title>Police destroy Bitcoin miners with steamroller in Malaysia</title><url>https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv739/police-destroy-1069-bitcoin-miners-with-big-ass-steamroller-in-malaysia</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anyfactor</author><text>Crypto mining really isn&amp;#x27;t for any country that doesn&amp;#x27;t have energy surplus and favorable political situation (exception being China of course).</text></item><item><author>pjc50</author><text>A common phrase in finance for doing some low-profitability activity that has a big downside risk is &amp;quot;picking up pennies in front of a steamroller&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cyanydeez</author><text>&amp;quot;crypto mining isnt for qny country that has better things to do&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;ftfy</text></comment>