{"id":53721,"date":"2021-11-29T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53721"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:37:47","slug":"irkutsk-governor-proposes-sites-for-industrial-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/irkutsk-governor-proposes-sites-for-industrial-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Irkutsk governor proposes sites for industrial mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast, Igor Kobzev, has signalled willingness to provide sites for industrial mining. This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfax-russia.ru\/siberia\/main\/stolknuvshayasya-s-rostom-energopotrebleniya-irkutskaya-oblast-predlagaet-priznat-mayning-predprinimatelstvom-gubernator\">\u00ab\u0418\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0444\u0430\u043a\u0441\u00bb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said that miners are placing additional load on the electricity networks, causing power outages in the suburbs where mining farms are concentrated.<\/p>\n<p>In response, he proposed to classify mining as an entrepreneurial activity and to set higher electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Kobzev clarified that miners will need to negotiate with the grid operator to connect farms via a dedicated line. The governor is ready to provide separate sites for such activity:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abFor example, in Ust-Ilimsk. But this must be done in a civilized way, so that there are dedicated lines, not counting the networks of populated areas\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October, Kobzev <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/irkutsk-governor-complains-to-government-about-illegal-miners\">appealed<\/a> to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak with the proposal to legally enshrine mining as a form of entrepreneurial activity.<\/p>\n<p>He said that because of &#8216;underground&#8217; miners, who consume electricity at residential tariffs, Irkutsk Oblast could face electricity shortages. According to Kobzev, many miners relocated to the region following a wave of Chinese prohibitions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Financial Times, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/russia-receives-applications-to-host-1-8-million-miners-after-china-bans-bitcoin-mining\">Russia received applications to deploy more than 1.8 million devices<\/a> after the ban on bitcoin mining in China.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports suggested that several ministries <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/russian-authorities-back-plan-to-classify-mining-as-entrepreneurial-activity\">supported the initiative<\/a> to regulate mining as a form of entrepreneurial activity.<\/p>\n<p>In the State Duma, officials announced the preparation of <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ldpr-proposes-legislation-to-regulate-mining\">a bill to regulate cryptocurrency mining<\/a> and the creation of a corresponding working group. It is due to begin work <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/aksakov-state-duma-working-group-on-mining-regulation-to-begin-work-soon\">in the near future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Anton Gorelkin proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/duma-proposes-irkutsk-region-as-pilot-for-moving-miners-out-of-the-grey-zone\">to make the Irkutsk region a pilot<\/a> for moving miners out of the &#8216;grey zone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Irkutsk Oblast, Igor Kobzev, expressed willingness to provide sites for industrial mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,27],"class_list":["post-53721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53723,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53721\/revisions\/53723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}