德州居民因比特幣挖礦網站發出「難以忍受的噪音」而起訴加密貨幣礦工馬拉松數位公司

德克薩斯州格蘭伯里鎮的兩打居民對加密貨幣礦商 Marathon Digital 提起訴訟，聲稱該鎮附近的礦場「噪音太大」。

More than two dozen Granbury, Texas, residents have filed a lawsuit against crypto miner Marathon Digital, claiming that the noise from its mining site near the town is “intolerably loud.”

德州格蘭伯里市的兩打居民已對加密貨幣礦商 Marathon Digital 提起訴訟，聲稱該鎮附近礦場的噪音「大得令人難以忍受」。

The noise from Marathon's local Bitcoin ( BTC ) mining facility is a “nuisance” causing “extreme discomfort and annoyance” to those living close to the mine, the group claimed in the Oct. 4 suit filed in a Hood County Court.

該組織在10 月4 日向胡德縣法院提起的訴訟中聲稱，馬拉松當地比特幣(BTC) 採礦設施發出的噪音是一種“滋擾”，會給居住在礦場附近的人們帶來“極度不適和煩惱」。

The group claimed some residents have suffered “sensory, emotional, psychological, and health impacts” due to “constant, unrelenting” noise and vibrations from Marathon's site.

該組織聲稱，由於馬拉松場地「持續、無情」的噪音和振動，一些居民遭受了「感官、情感、心理和健康影響」。

Some locals have experienced fatigue, headaches, memory issues, hearing loss, migraines and tinnitus. The group alleged pre-existing health conditions, such as high blood pressure, have worsened for some residents as well.

一些當地人出現了疲勞、頭痛、記憶力問題、聽力損失、偏頭痛和耳鳴。該組織聲稱，一些居民原有的健康狀況（例如高血壓）也出現了惡化。

“Even in their own homes, [residents] can hear the MARA Cryptomine’s noise and feel its vibrations,” the suit claimed. It adds Marathon's site “substantially interferes with Plaintiff Members' private use and enjoyment of their properties.”

訴訟稱：“即使在自己的家中，[居民]也能聽到 MARA Cryptomine 的噪音並感受到它的振動。”它還補充說，馬拉松網站「嚴重干擾了原告會員對其財產的私人使用和享受」。

The group also alleged that the mining operation's energy usage has resulted in “increases in their electricity bills and decreases in their property values.”

該組織還聲稱，採礦作業的能源使用導致「電費增加和財產價值下降」。

An excerpt from the suit where one of the plaintiffs explains how the mine has allegedly affected him. Source: Earthjustice

訴訟摘錄，其中一名原告解釋了據稱該礦對他的影響。資料來源：地球正義

Rodrigo Cantú, a senior attorney with nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice, who is representing the residents, said in an Oct. 7 statement his clients want Marathon to take “immediate action to effectively mitigate their noise pollution or shut down operations altogether.”

代表居民的非營利環境律師事務所Earthjustice 的高級律師羅德里戈·坎圖(Rodrigo Cantú) 在10 月7 日的聲明中表示，他的客戶希望馬拉松公司「立即採取行動，有效減輕噪音污染，或完全停止運作」。

Marathon Digital did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

馬拉松數字沒有立即回應置評請求。

The residents are asking the court for a permanent injunction against Marathon's facility to prevent it from “creating, causing, or allowing any unreasonable noise.”

居民請求法院對馬拉鬆的設施發出永久禁令，以防止其「製造、引起或允許任何不合理的噪音」。

They're also asking for any compensation that “may be justly entitled” and court costs.

他們還要求任何「可能正當的」賠償和法庭費用。

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Marathon's Granbury Bitcoin mine was built in April 2022 by the original owner, Compute North Holdings, and is located next to a gas-fired power plant called Wolf Hollow II. It has changed ownership several times, with Marathon taking over the lease in January. Rival miner Hut 8 Corp operated the site up until April 30. According to some of the residents, they first started noticing the noise from the mine around the Spring of 2023.

Marathon 的 Granbury 比特幣礦場由原所有者 Compute North Holdings 於 2022 年 4 月建造，毗鄰一座名為 Wolf Hollow II 的燃氣發電廠。它已多次變更所有權，馬拉鬆在一月份接管了租賃權。競爭對手礦工 Hut 8 Corp 一直運作該礦場直至 4 月 30 日。

According to Marathon's July earnings report, it has 250,000 Bitcoin mining rigs. It's unclear how many are at Granbury, but the mine has a hashrate of 4.3 ExaHashs per second (EH/s).

根據 Marathon 7 月的財報，該公司擁有 25 萬台比特幣礦機。目前尚不清楚 Granbury 有多少礦，但該礦的算力為每秒 4.3 ExaHash (EH/s)。

In a similar 2022 case, residents of Hadsel, a Norwegian municipality, pushed to shut down a local Bitcoin mine over the noise.

在 2022 年的一個類似案例中，挪威哈塞爾市的居民因噪音而推動關閉當地的一個比特幣礦場。

In September, they were successful. However, residents are now facing a spike in their electricity bills due to the loss of revenue for the local power company.

9月，他們取得了成功。然而，由於當地電力公司收入損失，居民現在面臨電費飆升的問題。

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