A police team raids an alleged cannabis crop and finds a den of 100 “Bitcoin miners”, online operators specialized in cryptocurrency exchanges. It happened in England, in the West Midlands, where officers seized equipment after discovering that Bitcoin miners had stolen thousands of pounds of electricity to power their operations.
Cryptocurrency mining is a costly and time-consuming activity that essentially involves solving complex computational math problems in exchange for fractions of tokens. A recent study found that the energy used to create cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin is greater than that of some countries, including Sweden and the Netherlands.
West Midlands law enforcement said they had several reports of “many people visiting the facility.” A police drone also detected a considerable heat source inside the shed. of a cannabis factory that uses powerful lamps and requires frequent staff changes to manage the crops
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