Crypto millionaire in China blames 200 cats for losing millions
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A Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur in Inner Mongolia has reportedly lost millions after nearly 200 stray cats looking for warmth radiating from mining video cards spoiled equipment in his workshop. According to the StoryTime page on Facebook, the cats were found snuggling inside a private mining facility in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Employees told reporters that the stray cats appeared near the facility during the cold season in early October, looking for shelter and heat from the running mining machines. Within weeks, the number of cats had multiplied to around 200, transforming the crypto mining centre into an unintended feline sanctuary. Every time the animals slept on top of the machines, the graphics cards’ output was strained. This lowered hash rates and required expensive hardware upgrades. “It’s cute and touching, but these ‘beds’ literally cost us millions of dollars,” one employee told StoryTime, explaining that the animals’ presence caused overheating. Mining rigs turned into a cat inn The farm’s owner, described by workers as a lifelong animal lover, decided to accommodate them. “Luckily, the man who owns these machines is a cat guy,” said one worker. “He bought over 200 heating mats, and we’ve been instructed to put them in a separate room for the cats.” The impromptu shelter was set up adjacent to the main mining hall, complete with insulated walls and bedding to keep the cats warm. “I find it so beautiful that, of all animals that could have sabotaged crypto nonsense, it had to be cats. The backbone of internet culture,” said one X user. finally, a decent use for crypto pic.twitter.com/3FMbvj1XUD — horse dentist (@equine__dentist) November 10, 2025 Per stats from Coinwarz, the Bitcoin network’s current mining difficulty clocked 155.97 trillion hashes per second (155.97 T), so miners must perform roughly 155.97 trillion hash computations on average…
Filed under: News - @ November 12, 2025 10:29 am