A thousand new addresses of illegal miners were found in the Irkutsk region – Bits Media

At first 2023 years on the map of the Irkutsk region, energy has identified about 1000 new addresses of underground farms for mining cryptocurrencies. This was reported by representatives of Irkutskenergosbyt.

The total number of underground mining addresses exceeded 5000, assure Energy.

The authorities of the region complained, that energy consumption in the Irkutsk region over the past two years has increased due to miners almost 1 GW. That is, an increase in electricity consumption increased by 69%. Most of the points of illegal mining are in the capital.

“The outlines of Irkutsk on the map is difficult to disassemble, So many signaling illegal mining of red marks ", - Energy is outraged.

The city of Irkutsk follows the Angarsk city district, Khomutov agglomeration, as well as Mamonovsky and youth municipalities of the region.

Wiring in residential buildings is not designed to connect powerful mining equipment, Therefore, fires often occur. In February, a resident of the Irkutsk region died during a fire in the bath, Where I installed equipment for the production of cryptocurrencies. Recently, Irkutskenergosbyt reported, that the number of lawsuits filed against underground miners exceeded a thousand. Wherein 600 claims in the amount 260 Million rubles have already been satisfied.