Police confiscated 300 crypto mining machines due to lack of electricity in Kosovo

Police have seized more than 300 crypto mining machines to deal with the lack of electricity in Kosovo, a country in Europe. Kosovo completely banned crypto mining last week. Advanced computers used for mining cryptocurrencies like bitcoin need to be constantly plugged in and this consumes a lot of electricity.

Of the confiscated machines, 272 were found in Leposavic, which allowed crypto mining There are signs of more. of Kosovo Police Twitter The handle has posted pictures of raids done to catch crypto mining. This action of the police has been supported by the Economy Minister of Kosovo, Artane Rizvanolli. A 60-day state of emergency was declared last month in Kosovo due to a lack of electricity. After this, the crypto mining activities have been strictly enforced. Illegal crypto mining in Kosova is consuming electricity that was supposed to be distributed to the people. The population of Kosovo is about two million and its generation is not enough to meet the electricity consumption there.

of Devdiscourse Report As of now, there are two coal-fired power plants in Kosovo with an electricity generation capacity of about 900 MW. Apart from this, more than 40 percent of the energy is imported to meet the demand. The increase in crypto mining activities has increased the load on Kosovo’s power grids.

Pollution is also increasing due to the high consumption of electricity in crypto mining activities. China banned crypto mining last year for the same reason. Iran also recently imposed a three-month ban on crypto mining activities due to high consumption of electricity. Obstacle Has been put Authorities in Iran will control illegal bitcoin mining centers that use more than 600 MW of electricity. This is not the first time that Iran’s authorities have blamed bitcoin mining as a major cause of pressure on its power grid. In May last year, Iran imposed a four-month ban on bitcoin mining due to lack of electricity.