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Posted On: 02/16/2018 10:02:54 AM
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Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 16, 2018
11229
It turns out that a cryptocurrency miner operating a power-intensive rack of computers somewhere in the zip code 11229 was responsible for the static T-Mobile users in southern Brooklyn were hearing, according to agents for the Federal Communications Commission.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/signific...cid=SigDig
The FCC has directed the miner — who really should do some research because New York City is hardly the ideal place (one with cheap power) to build a rig — to disable the interfering Antminer s5 Bitcoin Miner. [Bloomberg]

