The Ministry of Economic Development has called the main tasks of legalizing mining – Bits Media

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Минэкономразвития назвало основные задачи по легализации майнинга - Bits Media

Development of documents on mining regulation in Russia has been underway for a long time. The Ministry of Economic Development called the main tasks, which should solve the authorities in the legalization of cryptocurrency mining.

According to the director of the Department of Development of the Digital Economy Vladimir Voloshin, The aim of regulating mining is to develop this type of activity. but, The official emphasized, you need to do this in harmony with other industries, and not to the detriment of any industry.

One of the main tasks in the legalization of mining was the development of the taxation of cryptocurrency mining. The funds received will help develop the country's socio-economic system. According to Voloshin, The Irkutsk region alone gives about 7% from the world hashrate bitcoin.

At the same time, the official announced the need not only to purchase mining equipment, but also make your own devices, and in the future and supply them for export. What facilities in Russia can be produced by ASIC chips Voloshin did not explain.

The uniform development of the country's energy infrastructure is also important, Since mining is now concentrated in several regions. The solution to the problem may be the transfer of data centers to other regions. For this, the Ministry of Energy proposed introducing differential electricity tariffs for miners.

Earlier in Russia, the Association of Industrial Mining was created. According to Voloshin, The organization will help to work more effectively with questions, Contracting mining cryptocurrencies.

“We expect a speedy receipt of work plans, Ready to start joint study of these issues ", - said the director of the Department of Development of the Digital Economy of the Ministry of Economic Development.

Recall, that the governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev recently called on the authorities to accelerate the solution of the issue of legalization and regulation of mining.