According to data from the University of Cambridge, Russia has the third largest bitcoin mining in the world. Our country accounts for 11.23% of the world hash rate.
The first place is occupied by the United States with 35.4% of the world hash rate, followed by Kazakhstan (18.1% of the hash rate). Interestingly, China, which at the beginning of this year accounted for more than half of the global hash rate, is no longer in the ranking.
Meanwhile, in some regions of Russia they are already beginning to sound the alarm: mining takes a lot of electricity. According to Vedomosti, the governor of the Irkutsk region wrote a letter to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, who oversees the fuel and energy complex, in which he complained about underground miners. The letter says that this year, energy consumption by the population in the region will exceed the level of 2020 by almost 60%. At the same time, the growth in electricity consumption for this year was initially set at a level of only 2.8%. Therefore, if measures are not taken, then power outages may begin in the region.
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