Authorities in Abkhazia shut down illegal crypto farm, seize mining hardware.
Even after introducing fines and criminal liability for cryptocurrency mining, Abkhazia continues to find underground facilities for digital currency extraction. This week, law enforcement officials have confiscated dozens of mining devices from an illegal crypto farm.Police in Abkhazia have closed down another crypto mining installation in a rural area of the breakaway Georgian republic.
In the past few years, many Abkhazians have turned to crypto mining as an alternative source of income. The government of the partially recognized republic in the South Caucasus has blamed the energy-intensive process for the territory’s growing electricity deficit.
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