#Cryptocurrency Mining

All about cryptocurrency mining, including Bitcoin and other digital currencies. News on mining in China, Russia, Ukraine, and globally. Learn what cryptocurrency mining is and how it works.

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ForkLog 28 16.02.2021

Vietnamese Internet cafe becomes cryptocurrency mining farm

The owner of the Vietnamese Internet cafe Star Computer repurposed the business for Ethereum mining.

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ForkLog 10 15.02.2021

In Ukraine, mining-farm operators stole mined cryptocurrency

The Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region uncovered a scheme to siphon off cryptocurrency by tampering with computers and the local power grids, according to the agency's press service.

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ForkLog 11 15.02.2021

Illegal mining farm in Dagestan causes damage of 1.8 million rubles

A resident of Kaspiysk illegally connected to power grids to mine cryptocurrency. The damage amounted to more than 1.8 million rubles, according to the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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ForkLog 15 15.02.2021

Seventeen devices illegally mined Bitcoin at Tajikistan kindergarten

Four Tajikistan residents have been detained for illegal connection to power grids to mine Bitcoin and for tax evasion. According to the local desk, the media has been recognised as a foreign agent by the Russian authorities (Radio Liberty). The operations took place last year, but they became known only now.

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ForkLog 8 12.02.2021

Miner profits from an old GPU amid equipment shortages

A miner from Russia resold an old graphics card and earned three times its original cost. He spoke about it in a blog on Overclockers.

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ForkLog 20 11.02.2021

Bitcoin mining outstrips Argentina in electricity use

Annual electricity consumption for Bitcoin mining surpassed the energy use of Argentina as a whole, according to a Cambridge University study.

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ForkLog 16 10.02.2021

Argo Blockchain to Build a Mining Centre in Texas

The London Stock Exchange-listed mining company Argo Blockchain announced plans to buy land in Texas for the construction of a new data centre for Bitcoin mining.

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ForkLog 16 10.02.2021

Largest batch of ASIC miners imported into Russia

In December 2020, BitRiver's data centre operator imported into Russia from Asia a batch of more than 20,000 ASIC miners with a total capacity of around 70 MW. Representatives of the project told ForkLog.

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ForkLog 19 10.02.2021

Rosseti: Dagestan remains the leading region for illegal mining farms

Since the start of 2021, Rosseti North Caucasus identified four cases of unmetered electricity consumption by miners. All theft cases were detected in Dagestan.

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ForkLog 10 09.02.2021

Ukrainian citizen tried to smuggle undeclared mining equipment through customs

Customs officers at the Matveyev Kurgan MAPP border crossing detected undeclared cryptocurrency-mining equipment in a Ukrainian citizen's hand luggage, according to the Southern Customs Administration's site.

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ForkLog 28 09.02.2021

China-based miners assemble a laptop-farm capable of yielding $77,000 in Ethereum per year

Gaming laptops powered by GeForce RTX 30 GPUs have become popular among Chinese Ethereum miners, according to the BTCer blogger.

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ForkLog 20 09.02.2021

In Chelyabinsk, a criminal case has been opened against the head of a Russian Railways division over on-site mining

The head of the Chelyabinsk Directorate of Communications was accused of mining cryptocurrency at the workplace. The Urals Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reports this.

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