A man in Daqing rented out an entire Internet cafe just to buy a Bitcoin mining machine

On November 2, 2015, a man in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, booked an Internet cafe with the sole purpose of buying a Bitcoin mining machine.

The reporter learned that the man's surname is Liu. According to Mr. Liu, he started to get in touch with Bitcoin in April this year, and found that Bitcoin mining can bring lucrative profits, so he began to buy a large number of Bitcoin mining machines. As the price of Bitcoin has continued to rise by nearly 60% recently, more and more people have bought Bitcoin mining machines. The production of Bitcoin mining machines is limited, and the mining machines on the market are in short supply, and there is only one Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer that can sell spot. On November 2, the brand mining machine manufacturer just released a new product. Due to limited quantity, each person is limited to buying 2 units. So Mr. Liu decided to rent an Internet cafe and let the Internet users in the Internet cafe help to buy together. Those who successfully buy can get a reward of 500 yuan, and those who fail to buy can also surf the Internet for free for one day.

Mr. Liu said, “I bought 18 bitcoin mining machines in total this time. I am quite satisfied with the result because there were so many people rushing to buy them at the same time. These 18 machines were basically bought in seconds.”

Mr. Liu learned that the company that manufactures bitcoin mining machines is Bitmain, and the product being snapped up this time is the Antminer S7. The reporter joined the Antminer QQ group through the official website and interviewed several "bitcoin miners". They all said they participated in the snap-up, with some buying more than 10 units and some buying none. Some miners even developed snap-up software for the snap-up. A netizen named "Scalper Studio" said that he was asked by a friend to help snap up the mining machine, but failed to get one because there were too many people snapping up.

Speaking of "Bitcoin", it seems to be a strange yet familiar word. Even though there are many people who know and have access to it, it has not yet been fully popularized and promoted; it is familiar because once we talk about "Bitcoin", each of us seems to have heard of this term from somewhere at some time.

At present, "Bitcoin" as a virtual currency with great value and potential is attracting more and more people's attention. More and more individuals and institutions are optimistic about the potential value of Bitcoin and invest in Bitcoin. Because there are limited ways to obtain Bitcoin, "miners" may think that obtaining Bitcoin by purchasing Bitcoin mining machines is the safest and most efficient way.