Bitcoin miner Shota Siradze inspects a rack of bitcoin mining units wearing anti-static gloves. The components, all imported from China, include hashing boards, cooler fans and a power unit. “[A mining unit] is actually doing the same as a computer does, but it doesn’t give you a user interface," says Siradze. “It does a specific calculation it was given on the day it was built, it can do only that. It finds the block, it finds the transaction and approves that transaction – and that’s how we are getting our bitcoins.” Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Photo: Joe Harrison.
![Bitcoin miner Shota Siradze inspects a rack of bitcoin mining units wearing anti-static gloves. The components, all imported from China, include hashing boards, cooler fans and a power unit. “[A mining unit] is actually doing the same as a computer does, but it doesn’t give you a user interface," says Siradze. “It does a specific calculation it was given on the day it was built, it can do only that. It finds the block, it finds the transaction and approves that transaction – and that’s how we are getting our bitcoins.” Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Photo: Joe Harrison.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Portfolio/i-W3Zz2nV/0/65e840e5/S/portfolio_overseas%20%2817%29-S.jpg)
