Abkhazia confiscated 6,000 mining devices, but cannot disturb crypto mining-mining Bitcoin messages

The authorities in Abkhazia have confiscated thousands of mining machines and closed all major crypto farms, but admittedly they have not succeeded in putting an end to illegal mining operations. The renegade republic of Georgia is struggling with electricity bottlenecks that are attributed to the sub -Daversgleuer.

30,000 boring rigs remain in the hands of miners, says the government

In recent years, more and more people have been in abchasia, a partially recognized de-facto state in the southern coxus, has turned the cryptocarboning mining as an alternative source of income. However, the government of the Republic supported by Russia has targeted the energy -intensive process as the main cause of the growing electricity deficit of the territory.

Already in 2018 a temporary ban on mining activities and hardware sports was introduced and expanded this spring to March 31, 2022. But civil servants in Suchumi have recently admitted that their efforts to enforce the restrictions throughout the region have proven to be largely unsuccessful.

At a press conference this week, President Aslan Bzhania announced that the Abkhazic authorities of 6,000 units of. Coin coin prevention devices that are currently stored in a “special camp” have confiscated. Cited from sputnik-abchasia, he found that practically all big crypto farms were stored. Nevertheless, estimates by the government assume that around 30,000 mining devices remain in the hands of people who build their business around the currently illegal activity.

The energy engineer Pavel Maksimov told Sputnik that the main reasons for the non-proper implementation of the ban on crypto mining are difficulty in checking non-authorized miners. The inspectors are rarely able to get in touch with them, and then they would often be drawn into conflicts, explained Maksimov. He also warned that the operators of the underground farms are in no way legally or financially protected when the power grid is illegal.

Pressing crypto mining in Abkhazia to continue

Members of the central government, local authorities and representatives of the republic's energy supplier recently met at the request of President Bzhania to discuss these questions. During the meeting in Suchumi, the officials came to the conclusion that their offensive against the illegal mining of cryptocurrencies did not radically change the situation in Abkhazia.

AKHRA Gagulia, head of the Gudauta branch of the state electricity distribution company in the region, Chernomorenergy, announced that the joint raids will continue with the law enforcement authorities, but emphasized that the task requires a lot of work and constant surveillance. He also warned that the efforts to prevent illegal network connections from mining systems are endless.

At the beginning of this year, reports came out that abchasia To solve electricity shortages. At the time, Minister of Economic Affairs Christina Özgan said that the Abkhazic authorities are planning to organize additional deliveries from the Russian Federation and even set up facilities in which Miner can install their equipment because the government wants to legally connect to the network.