The story of a 14-year-old and 9-year-old brother and sister in the United States who made a lot of money by mining cryptocurrency has been revealed.
On the 31st of last month local time, CNBC reported that 14-year-old Ishan Thakur and his 9-year-old Anya Thakur, who live in Frisco, Texas, earn more than $30,000 a month by mining cryptocurrency. I did.
According to the report, the Thakur brothers and sisters learned how to mine from a YouTube video and started mining using Ishan-gun's gaming computer in April of this year.
A month later, they started a cryptocurrency mining company called Flipper Technology, with loan support from their father, a former investment banker.
On the first day of mining, they made only $3 (about KRW 3,500), but the income of the siblings increased over time.
At the end of July, the Thakur brothers and sisters purchased additional expensive equipment such as graphics cards and started mining aggressively. As the business prospered, I recently rented a data center in Dallas and started mining.
The siblings estimated their earnings this month at about $36,000 (about 41.7 million won).
"I was able to play video games all summer, but instead I learned the skills of cryptocurrency mining," said Yishan. "I want to balance my mining business and school life."
He added, "My dream is to study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and become a doctor. I hope that the money I earned from mining can be used for college tuition later."
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(Photo = CNBC website capture)