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Texas town residents sue Marathon Digital over crypto mine noise

A group of residents in Granbury, Texas, sued Marathon Digital, claiming noise from its nearby Bitcoin mine is a “nuisance” that has caused health issues for some locals.

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

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

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

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