Russian region struggles to keep up with Bitcoin mining energy demands
A local energy distributor is working to recover about $800,000 from illicit cryptocurrency miners in Irkutsk Oblast.
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A local energy distributor is working to recover about $800,000 from illicit cryptocurrency miners in Irkutsk Oblast.
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