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ForkLog 36 22.12.2023

Kazakhstan lowers tariffs for Bitcoin miners

From 1 January 2024, amendments aimed at reducing the financial burden on cryptocurrency exchanges and mining enterprises will come into force.

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ForkLog 17 02.11.2023

Marathon Digital launches landfill-gas Bitcoin mining pilot

Marathon Digital, the mining company, announced the launch of a pilot project to mine Bitcoin using renewable energy drawn from methane captured at landfills.

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ForkLog 9 30.10.2023

UN points to correlation between Bitcoin price and network energy consumption.

UN scientists concluded that miners' energy use rose in 2020–2021 as Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $69,000.

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ForkLog 9 19.10.2023

Tomsk Water Utility Accused of Cryptocurrency Mining

The prosecutor demanded that Tomskvodokanal dismantle the mining farm operating on the company's facilities.

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ForkLog 7 20.09.2023

Media outlets report plans to significantly raise electricity transmission tariffs for crypto-mining farms in Russia

The Ministry of Energy proposes to raise electricity transmission tariffs for industrial crypto mining farms by two to five times.

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ForkLog 8 13.09.2023

Russian Ministry of Energy estimates miners’ electricity consumption

Electricity consumption by cryptocurrency miners in Russia in 2023 reached 1.5 GW.

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ForkLog 13 03.08.2023

773 Bitcoin miners seized in Dagestan

Dagestan law enforcement seized 773 mining devices illegally connected to power grids.

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ForkLog 7 25.04.2023

DTEK joins Ukraine’s Virtual Assets association

The public association “Virtual Assets of Ukraine” granted membership to DTEK.

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ForkLog 9 24.02.2023

US school employee sought in connection with illegal cryptocurrency mining operation

An employee of a Massachusetts school, suspected of illegal cryptocurrency mining and electricity theft, has gone on the run.

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ForkLog 7 12.12.2022

Russia Begins Identifying ‘Home’ Miners for Liability

Irkutsk energy officials are uncovering instances of cryptocurrency mining in residential buildings for court action and penalty collection.

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ForkLog 11 03.10.2022

Russia to sell electricity to Kazakhstan for mining

The Russian government is discussing supplying electricity to Kazakhstan for mining companies.

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ForkLog 8 27.09.2022

Study finds Bitcoin mining accounts for 0.1% of global CO2 emissions.

Since the inception of the Bitcoin network and up to 21 September 2022, Bitcoin miners produced 199.65 million tonnes of CO2e.

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