Russian authorities shut down several “underground” crypto farms.
A resident of the village of Nadezhda, who placed the equipment in his house and connected it to the grid, may now face criminal liability for running the underground facility. Power engineers have estimated that it burned 954,000 kWh of electricity for over 6 million rubles .
Such cases are quite common in the Siberian region, dubbed the mining capital of Russia, where many people mine in basements, garages and dachas, trying to make a buck using subsidized electricity in residential areas.
The latest examples of Russian authorities clamping down on unauthorized mining come as lawmakers and government officials are preparing to
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