0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OriginalSize 23 May 2023 \ on: From Weed to Greed: Police Raid Discovers Secret Bitcoin Hotspot! bitcoin
The real story is stealing electricity. How on earth did these dirty rotten criminals bypass the electric supply? I guess they mean power meter?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @sadfsdf OP 23 May 2023
It was under the guise that the power was used for marijuana production not crypto currency I imagine. Until closer inspection did the authorities have the power to confiscate the miners.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OriginalSize 23 May 2023
Wouldn't it be pretty dumb to grow marijuana AND not pay for the power? Not saying it can't happen but again, here the crime isn't Bitcoin, yet that becomes the punchline to the story!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sadfsdf OP 23 May 2023
I am not sure but from personally reading it I just assumed that they were paying for the power. It is just that maybe the regulations against using that power for marijuana vs crypto currency might be different. I have not personally checked this but I am imagining that you could spend extra power for such things and just pay for it but there is possibly an energy cap against those mining bitcoin and you may get charged extra. I'm not 100% on that but that is my assumption I got from this article.
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