{"id":55650,"date":"2022-01-10T19:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55650"},"modified":"2025-09-04T02:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:36:58","slug":"in-kosovo-authorities-confiscated-more-than-300-bitcoin-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/in-kosovo-authorities-confiscated-more-than-300-bitcoin-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"In Kosovo, authorities confiscated more than 300 Bitcoin miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Kosovo, authorities confiscated more than 300 Bitcoin miners in joint raids with customs officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"et\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Kosovo Police and Kosovo Customs carried out a joint operation to control illegal activities<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/hTjWATDJLR\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/hTjWATDJLR<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/UIwv0os8sQ\\\">pic.twitter.com\/UIwv0os8sQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kosovo Police (@Kosovo_Police) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kosovo_Police\/status\/1479761089755852802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, authorities declared a 60-day state of emergency to tackle the energy crisis, according to Reuters. In early January, cryptocurrency mining was banned, and law enforcement authorities were put in charge of monitoring electricity consumption.<\/p>\n<p>On 6 January, police and customs officers confiscated <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KosovoPolice\/posts\/4858392077554623\\\">67 ASIC miners<\/a>, \\&#8221;presumably used for mining cryptocurrencies\\&#8221;, 8 January \u2014 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www-kosovopolice-com.translate.goog\/sekuestrohen-39-aparate-per-prodhimin-e-kriptovalutave\/?_x_tr_sl=sq&#038;_x_tr_tl=en&#038;_x_tr_hl=en&#038;_x_tr_pto=sc\\\">272 devices<\/a>. According to authorities, one person was detained during the raid.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate press release, the police reported the confiscation of 39 ASICs. Economy and Energy Minister Artane Rizvanolli said this would save taxpayers \\&#8221;tens of thousands of euros per month\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"et\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Thousands of euros saved each month for taxpayers equals energy for dozens of Kosovar families during the crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kosovo_Police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Kosovo_Police<\/a> and Kosovo Customs <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KosovoCustoms?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#KosovoCustoms<\/a>. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/byb4GzOfHR\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/byb4GzOfHR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Artane Rizvanolli (@Artane_R) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Artane_R\/status\/1479779499915059202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In late 2021, Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/iran-reimposes-restrictions-on-cryptocurrency-mining\">imposed restrictions on cryptocurrency mining<\/a> to avoid electricity shortages caused by rising consumption in winter. Earlier, media reported<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-iran-has-confiscated-over-221000-devices-for-illegal-mining\"> the seizure of 221,390 miners<\/a> during the crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021, Venezuelan authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/venezuela-seizes-more-than-100-bitcoin-mining-devices\">seized more than 100 devices<\/a> for Bitcoin mining in the Palo Verde residential sector.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement authorities of the partially recognised state of Kosovo, in joint raids with customs, confiscated more than 300 Bitcoin mining devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55651,"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],"class_list":["post-55650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"10","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55650","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=55650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55652,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55650\/revisions\/55652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}