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ForkLog 13 15.02.2022

Kazakhstan considers tenfold rise in mining tax

The Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan proposed increasing the mining tax on cryptocurrencies tenfold.

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ForkLog 9 15.02.2022

Russia proposes partial tariff cuts for crypto-mining connections.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation proposes to permit cryptocurrency mining in regions with a sustained surplus of electricity generation and to introduce affordable tariffs for its use by companies.

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ForkLog 12 14.02.2022

US miners earned $4 million mining Bitcoin by burning natural gas

23-year-old Texans Brent Whitehead and Matt Lochstroh founded a company that mines Bitcoin on oil fields.

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ForkLog 6 09.02.2022

Police detain owners of mining farm at a farming cooperative near Penza

In the Penza region, on the grounds of a farming cooperative, a crypto-mining farm was found, whose owners are suspected of large-scale electricity theft.

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ForkLog 5 08.02.2022

Illegal electricity consumption for mining worth 3 million rubles detected in Kostroma Oblast

In the Nerekhtsky District of Kostroma Oblast, connections to power grids were identified that bypass metering devices — mining farms operated on the site of abandoned buildings.

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ForkLog 10 03.02.2022

Russian energy sector proposes measures to curb illegal mining

The Association of Guaranteed Suppliers and Energy Retail Companies has prepared proposals to curb miners' electricity consumption under residential tariffs. The letter with recommendations was sent to Valery Seleznev, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy.

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ForkLog 6 02.02.2022

Power outages for miners in Kazakhstan extended for another week

The Kazakhstan grid operator KEGOC sent miners a letter informing them of the extension of electricity-supply restrictions until February 7. The document is in ForkLog's possession.

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ForkLog 11 02.02.2022

Residential electricity consumption in Irkutsk Oblast quadrupled in 2021 due to miners

Due to the so-called 'grey' mining, last year residential electricity consumption in Irkutsk Oblast rose fourfold compared with 2020, said Evgeny Vechkanov, director of development and technological connections at the Irkutsk Electric Grid Company.

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ForkLog 8 28.01.2022

In northern Moscow, 50 mining servers were shut down

On January 21, in Moscow, Rosseti Moscow Region branch staff discovered a mining farm showing signs of unaccounted electricity consumption.

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ForkLog 10 25.01.2022

Miners in Kazakhstan cut off from electricity until February

The Kazakh grid operator KEGOC restricted electricity supply to mining farms. Miners were cut off until February, ForkLog confirmed, citing Alan Dorzhiev, head of the National Association of Blockchain and Data-Center Industry in Kazakhstan.

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ForkLog 5 24.01.2022

Irkutskenergosbyt filed 137 lawsuits against ‘grey’ miners in 2021

The company Irkutskenergosbyt filed 137 lawsuits last year to recover 63 million rubles from owners of mining farms for stolen electricity, according to Andrey Kharitonov.

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ForkLog 27 20.01.2022

Mining farms worth over half a billion rubles seized in Dagestan

FSB officers in the Republic of Dagestan halted operations at several mining farms illegally connected to power grids.

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