Venezuelan authorities seized Bitcoin mining machines, rocket launchers and grenades, following a raid on the gang-controlled Tocoron prison.
of Bitcoin mining machines yesterday among an arsenal of heavy weaponry, including rocket launchers and grenades, seized from the Tocoron prison.
Bitcoin mining is the process through which new coins are introduced into circulation and plays a crucial role in maintaining the network's security. Miners use sophisticated computers, known as ASICs , to solve complex computational math problems as part of Bitcoin's proof-of-work consensus algorithm.
It wasn’t all fun and games, however, with gang leaders keeping other prisoners in"a kind of slavery," Ceballos said.
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