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Police find giant bitcoin ‘mine’ during warehouse drug raid – NEWS.com.au
Police find giant bitcoin ‘mine’ during warehouse drug raid
Police were stunned to find a bitcoin mine stealing thousands of kilograms of electricity during a suspected warehouse drug raid.Officers in the West Midlands, UK, thought they were about to bust a cannabis farm – but were met with the advanced tech scam instead.
Cryptocurrencies have to be “mined” in order to be created, which involves solving increasingly complex mathematical puzzles – requiring more and more powerful computers and significantly more energy.
Most computers used for the process…
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