Topic: A remote Bitcoin hacker house? - page 2. (Read 1112 times)
I would expect that satellite internet service would work fine. Just to clarify, it's 5-15 Celsius for Shetland Islands, I'm sure...
While some enjoy the busy cities, others enjoy silence and peace.
For anyone doing technical work, be it coding, translating, writing or similar, peace and quiet is essential.
I came accross this property, which is an old school on Shetland.
http://www.d-s-r.co.uk/property/old-schoolhouse1.htm
Whenever you needed to clear your head, you could go for long trips, no noisy neighbours, railways,
planes or boats, only fresh sea air and big fields.
I was thinking, if there was such a remote Bitcoin HQ, then it would be possible to go there for a longer
or shorter time, and it would really be possible to concentrate 100% on your work, and also to relax
and recharge your 'batteries'.
The temperatures on Shetland range from 5-15 Celcius most of the year, and I would think there's little
or no insects. Not sure if the internet connection would be fast, or even possible, but I think this is
an interesting idea.
Of course there would need to be some usable internet connection. Svalbard could be another alternative (very fast internet..),
but it's much colder there, and not everybody is happy with freezing temperatures.
Going to such a place like the property shown above would essentially free you from all stress factors from city
life.
And it could also be a place to make new friendships with other bitcoiners.
I could imagine it would be a nice place for a startup team to go for lengthy 'deep' coding sessions too. There would simply be no distractions..
Of course the logistics is somewhat more difficult, but with good planning it should be doable, there's a local
shop, and only a 5 minute ferry trip to Lerwick (capital of Shetland Islands).
Also, getting to Shetland might not be very easy/cheap for everyone.
But I find the concept of a bitcoin HQ intriguing, and I'm sure there's plenty of places in the world where something like this could be set up.
I thought I would share this idea with other bitcoiners and see what the responses were.
Edit: Changed the title to avoid further confusion. Original title was "A remote Bitcoin HQ?"
For anyone doing technical work, be it coding, translating, writing or similar, peace and quiet is essential.
I came accross this property, which is an old school on Shetland.
http://www.d-s-r.co.uk/property/old-schoolhouse1.htm
Whenever you needed to clear your head, you could go for long trips, no noisy neighbours, railways,
planes or boats, only fresh sea air and big fields.
I was thinking, if there was such a remote Bitcoin HQ, then it would be possible to go there for a longer
or shorter time, and it would really be possible to concentrate 100% on your work, and also to relax
and recharge your 'batteries'.
The temperatures on Shetland range from 5-15 Celcius most of the year, and I would think there's little
or no insects. Not sure if the internet connection would be fast, or even possible, but I think this is
an interesting idea.
Of course there would need to be some usable internet connection. Svalbard could be another alternative (very fast internet..),
but it's much colder there, and not everybody is happy with freezing temperatures.
Going to such a place like the property shown above would essentially free you from all stress factors from city
life.
And it could also be a place to make new friendships with other bitcoiners.
I could imagine it would be a nice place for a startup team to go for lengthy 'deep' coding sessions too. There would simply be no distractions..
Of course the logistics is somewhat more difficult, but with good planning it should be doable, there's a local
shop, and only a 5 minute ferry trip to Lerwick (capital of Shetland Islands).
Also, getting to Shetland might not be very easy/cheap for everyone.
But I find the concept of a bitcoin HQ intriguing, and I'm sure there's plenty of places in the world where something like this could be set up.
I thought I would share this idea with other bitcoiners and see what the responses were.
Edit: Changed the title to avoid further confusion. Original title was "A remote Bitcoin HQ?"
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