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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-en…
A suspected Bitcoin "mining" operation illegally stealing electricity has been found by police who were searching for a cannabis farm.
Officers had been tipped off about the site on the Great Bridge Industrial Estate, Sandwell, and raided it on 18 May, West Midlands Police said.
Instead of cannabis plants they found a bank of about 100 computer units.
The force said the cryptocurrency "mine" had effectively stolen thousands of pounds of electricity.- The main point is that if they'd paid for the energy they'd used to generate the coin, they've lost half their money.
Bitcoin is disgusting.Nairn - Crypto Cartelsdbloc
- the whole cryptocurrency operation.. are reckless suckers ... nft dumbos tooneverscared
- maybe they were using the 'puters as a heat source for their as yet undiscovered cannabis farm.hans_glib
- Weed plants need light, not heat. Weed-growing lamps, even the LED ones, are hot as fuck.Nairn
- well, they need heat... eventuallykingsteven
- Cable messi_was
- Is light inseparable from heat? (photons transmit heat)i_was
- You could try growing plants solely with infra red radiation, I guess. Won't work, but you can always try... .Nairn
- The main point is that if they'd paid for the energy they'd used to generate the coin, they've lost half their money.