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remember the stories about the Iranian brownouts above and how they were shutting down industrial facilitates due to power shortages.

the shortages were driven by illegal bitcoin mining surge in demand when bitcoin went way up in price due to djt election and connection to bitcoin bros. madras in Tehran turning free iranian electricity into pure cash that the US gubmnt will buy from them and they can use to fund terrorist activities around the world. for what. being able to freely move any sort of capital around the world without anyone being able to do anything about it? who does that benefit besides crooks and money launderers and the people peddling the snake oil?

Illegal crypto mining suspected of causing rolling blackouts in major city: 'They [spread out] to avoid being detected'

While Iran is having energy problems, with fuel reserves low and supplies being sold off, an increase in blackouts came around the same time the value of cryptocurrency soared following Donald Trump's presidential victory.

Cryptocurrency mining is an energy-intensive activity because of the power needed to run specialized computer systems and keep them cool.

In low-income areas in Iran, electricity is provided for free, including for mosques and schools. It's suspected that miners are taking advantage of this subsidized power to run cryptocurrency mining hubs.

In August, Mostafa Rajabi, the CEO of Iran's government-owned power company, said: "Unfortunately, some opportunistic and exploitative individuals use subsidized electricity, public networks and other resources for cryptocurrency mining without authorization."