2025-12-12 17:22:12

A Bitcoin mining facility in Inner Mongolia unexpectedly went dark. The ops team dove into diagnostics, layer by layer. Hardware checks came back normal. Network looked solid. Then they spotted it—stray cats had made themselves at home on the mining rigs, attracted by the warmth radiating from the GPUs. These furry guests had essentially become heat sinks themselves, sprawling across the equipment and inadvertently smothering the ventilation channels. The cooling system couldn't breathe. Machines throttled down and went offline. Sometimes the biggest threat to your mining operation isn't a software bug or a power surge—it's just a cat seeking comfort.

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MissedTheBoat

· 12-15 10:20

Haha, I was just saying, maybe the biggest enemy of mining is a cat. --- How chaotic does the maintenance have to be to not be able to find the problem after half a day? --- Cat: I just want to keep warm, how did I end up crippling the mining farm? --- Laughing to death, the nemesis of mining machines is actually a stray cat. Who wrote this script? --- So, it's fireproof, theft-proof, and... cat-proof? --- Really incredible, even GPU cooling has been taken over. --- I spent a long time figuring out why the hash rate dropped, and it turned out to be a furball blocking the air vent. --- If it weren't for forced debugging, I probably wouldn't have discovered it.

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potentially_notable

· 12-15 06:35

Haha, the cat found a natural heater, and the miners became unintended litter box managers. --- Now I finally understand what a true "thermal bottleneck" means. --- Stray Cat: I’ll just lie here, who dares to chase me? --- Hardware is fine, network is fine, but there's an extra fuzzy bug. --- Brothers spending millions on mining rigs got stopped by a cat—that story is hilarious. --- It turns out the biggest enemy in mining is a cat that just loves warmth. --- Cooling system: I tried my best, but my opponent is fuzzy. --- So this is the "cat risk" on the chain, haha. --- Inner Mongolia miner: My enemy is a stray cat. --- Lowering the machine speed isn’t enough; I also need to give the cat a cat bed.

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TradingNightmare

· 12-14 03:49

Haha, the cat found its little nest and accidentally burned down the mining farm. --- This is outrageous; using a GPU as a cat's nest, I'm convinced. --- This is truly amazing; a new explanation for the mining disaster has emerged. --- Stray Cat: I just sat down, why did the power go out? --- So is this the real "Cat Coin" crash? --- It's not a bug, not a hacker, just a cat seeking warmth—I laughed. --- The operations team investigated for a long time, and it turns out a cat was stealing heat. --- My mining rig was destroyed by a cat—so damn ironic. --- Now, the heatsink has a furry version.

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Liquidated_Larry

· 12-14 03:38

Haha, the kitty found the treasure trove, more ruthless than any hacker.

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HodlVeteran

· 12-12 17:52

Haha, this is what you call a cat falling from the sky. The mining disaster has become a reality [Dog Head] --- I told you, the enemies of Bitcoin are never exchanges, but cats --- Brothers, this is what true force majeure looks like. Insurance can't even cover this --- The story about curling up with a radiator is hilarious. I need to remember it. Next time there's a bear market and a limit-down, I'll share this with the leeks --- Thinking back, my mining rig also had issues back in the day. Turns out it was a mouse chewing through the network cable. The feeling, tsk tsk --- Hash power relying entirely on cats. How do I explain this to investors? Hahaha --- Really, the deeper you dig into mining, the more you realize that the biggest risk isn't on the chain

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MEVictim

· 12-12 17:51

Haha, cats are the true killer of mining rigs. --- There you go, mining has to guard against cats before being snatched away. --- Stray cat: I am your slowdown factor. --- Inner Mongolia miner: I'm struggling, I need to install a cat-proof net. --- Brilliant, cats serve as coolers, causing the machine to go on strike. --- So, the biggest nightmare for operations isn't power outages, but these inexplicable issues. --- GPU generates heat, and cats come to keep warm. This transaction is pretty good. --- Add a cat-proof device to the mining rig, which will increase costs. --- Really genius, you also need to learn how to read cats' faces to eat. --- The First Law of Thermodynamics is vividly demonstrated here.

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SmartContractDiver

· 12-12 17:48

Here are several comments with different styles: --- Cat: I’m just lying here, so what? --- Haha, I’m dying laughing. The biggest enemy of miners turned out to be a cat. --- Now I’ve really been "羊毛"ed, and it’s that fluffy kind. --- So, no matter how awesome the system architecture is, it can’t withstand a warm place. --- GPU cooling = cat’s nest, this logic checks out. --- Operations: Troubleshooting for three days, and the answer is a meow. --- Bitcoin mining encountering Schrödinger’s cat—didn’t see that script coming. --- Well, this time, the "hash power" was truly absorbed by the cat.

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MeaninglessApe

· 12-12 17:45

Haha, the cat directly turned the mining farm into a cat's nest, this is truly a bug I didn't expect --- The security at the mining farm is really outrageous, not even a cat can be stopped --- Wait, how comfortable can a stray cat be curled up like that? The mining machine is so hot --- I was wondering why the coin price went up but the blocks weren't being mined, turns out it was all messed up by the cats haha --- Now it’s all good, GPU cooling has gained a new function—cat wrangler --- This is hilarious, the real cooling solution is raising cats, the crypto world really has you

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UnluckyMiner

· 12-12 17:39

Haha, this cat is really a genius heat sink --- Mining rig: I'm shutting down. Cat: I just want to sleep --- Wow, now the "cat" is really in, not a software bug --- How does this cat find such good spots? It understands temperature management better than I do --- So sometimes the biggest enemy isn't actually on the chain --- The mining rig was "taken over" by the cat, I didn't see that coming --- Remembered it, this is called the "First Law of Thermodynamics - Cat Edition" --- Alright, adding cat protection net to the TODO list --- GPU cooling = free barbecue grill, no wonder the cat came --- This time, we were really countered by nature, incredible

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PerpetualLonger

· 12-12 17:27

No way, is it true? Did the cat shut down my mining rig? If it's not the air force messing around, what else could it be? Gotta buy the dip and top up, brothers.

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