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Re:Bitcoin mining companies face shutdown in southwest China by xiaoma on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:18AM (#14467438)
It's not super easy for Chinese nationals to move to Taiwan (Due to regular threats from Chinese generals, blocking Taiwan's bid to join the UN repeatedly for decades, "Anti-secession" laws requiring invading TW, etc).

Even setting the political issues aside, Taiwan, Thailand and Macau are all pretty bad choices. They don't have particularly cheap power and they're hot, which drives up cooling and thus power requirements.

Iceland is still pretty much ideal. It has cheap Geothermal power and natural cooling.

http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-iceland-bitcoin-eth...

Re:Bitcoin mining companies face shutdown in southwest China by vit05 on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:09PM (#14472100)
Kazakhstan has cheaper electricity than Iceland. It has the second coldest capital in the world and has an extensive border with China.