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The most peaceful spots in north carolina. thanks to their rare local enforcement of laws against noise pollution. meanwhile, about 90 minutes away, beautiful cherokee county sounds like this. it is stack upon stack of computer servers and the fans needed to cool them. this is whats known as a crypto mine and it makes the sound of people in san francisco trying to make virtual money. how do you describe that noise? >> were probably sitting at 65 decemibels right now. when its at about 80 decibel...

>> reporter: tom lash misses the wildlife. >> we dont sleep at night. >> reporter: phyllis cantrell says she feels trapped. >> you can actually lay your head on the pillow and hear it hum through the walls. >> reporter: have you thought about moving? >> were 73 years old. where are we going to go? >> reporter: imagine a day where they have dice and the first person to roll it lives. thats essentially crypto money. to play that game, you need computers, thousands of computers, running 24/7, 365. ...

>> reporter: while tom lash missing the wildlife. >> you dont sleep at night. >> reporter: phyllis feels trapped. >> you can actually lay your head on the pillow and hear it hum. up through the walls. >> have you thought about moving? >> were 73 years olds. where are we going to go? >> reporter: imagine a game where the dice have a billion sides, and the first person to roll it then wins. that is essentially crypto mining, and to play that game these days you need computers. thousands of compute...

Have that anymore. >> while tom lash misses the wildlife. >> you dont sleep at night. >> phyllis feels trapped. >> you can hear it hum through the walls. >> have you thought about moving? >> were 73 years-old, where are we going to go? >> imagine a game where the dies have a billion sides and the first person to roll a 10 wins and thats essentially crypto mining and to play that game, you need computer, thousands of computers running 24/7, 365, and after china outlawed crypto currency and crypto...