Russian crypto miners say they want their industry to be legalized – and hope that official status could help them avoid spats with power providers.
Lenta reported that the situation for miners in the Irkutsk Oblast in Siberia has deteriorated of late.
As previously reported, in October, Igor Kobzev, the Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast in southeastern Siberia, appealed to the Deputy Prime Minister and de facto government power chief Alexander Novak to “complain about illicit cryptocurrency miners” whom he claimed were causing dangerous spikes in consumption.
Kobzev has since backtracked somewhat and taken a conciliatory tone. Late last month, he even spoke about helping miners settle in the region – provided the government follows through with
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