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Pakistani here, you really expect us to believe that in countries without reliable electricity in rural areas, nevermind reliable broadband internet access, and 40% literacy rates people who, looking at the average GDPs of countries in the region couldn't possibly afford the necessary computing power are mining Bitcoin?

How hard is it to imagine someone doing this:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/18/africa/inside-life-cryptocurre...

Could move to a rural location setup a 3g hotspot (remembering in these countries rural 3g is becoming common is actually fairly cheap) and run generators as backups?

Here's your country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozBtOtDK4jY

Does anything shown really look that outlandish to do in a rural area with a little more than a backup generator?

Mining is taking off in 3rd world countries too.

I feel like some people really misunderstand developing countries. People living there are very much looking to participating in the world economy, because the local one isn't great.

Interesting. Could you please describe how such a mining operation is setup in one of these villages?

What country are you in?

I’m in the US, but I’m from Ghana, see above comment for details...