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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 what's 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? >> we're probably sitting at 65 decemibels right now. when it's at about 80 decibels, a jet engine. >> reporter: 16 months after the mine fired up without warning he put his house ...

>> reporter: tom lash misses the wildlife. >> we don't 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? >> we're 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. that's essentially crypto money. to play that game, you need computers, thousands of computers, running 24/7, 365. and after china outlawed ed cryptocurrency and mining, more and more mines began popping up in ap...

>> reporter: while tom lash missing the wildlife. >> you don't 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? >> we're 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 computers. running 24/7, 365. after china outlawed cryptocurrency and crypto mining more and more myrons ...

Have that anymore. >> while tom lash misses the wildlife. >> you don't sleep at night. >> phyllis feels trapped. >> you can hear it hum through the walls. >> have you thought about moving? >> we're 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 that's 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 mining, more and more mines like this began popping up in aplaces where the power is cheap and t...