Russian authorities have discovered more than 8,000 illegal cryptocurrency miners in Irkutsk, Siberia.
According to Cryptonews, Russia's largest bitcoin mining hotspot, the Irkutsk region, may ban all cryptocurrency mining activities for the whole year from April 1. The ban will only apply to the southern part of the Siberian Irkutsk region, but may last until mid-2031. Kommersant, a Kremlin-friendly newspaper, said its sources said the Russian government "could impose a total ban on mining activities in southern Irkutsk as early as April 1".
According to Tim Alper, Siberian electricity company Irkutsk Energosbyt plans to file a lawsuit against about 400 illegal cryptocurrency miners who are accused of "stealing" $6.30 million worth of electricity from the grid. The company said the miners were illegally using electricity for crypto mining, particularly by installing energy-intensive mining equipment on garages, private homes, apartment balconies and garden plots, resulting in increased load on the household power grid and possible a...
据Tim Alper报道,西伯利亚电力公司Irkutsk Energosbyt计划对约400名非法加密货币矿工提起诉讼,这些矿工被指控从电网中“盗取”了价值630万美元的电力。该公司表示,这些矿工在非法使用电力进行加密挖矿,特别是在车库、私人住宅、公寓阳台和花园地块上安装了高能耗的挖矿设备,导致家庭电网负荷增加,并可能引发事故。 截至2025年1月1日,法院已支持电力公司的1,348...
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