{"id":213077,"date":"2022-01-26T14:15:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=213077"},"modified":"2022-01-26T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T13:50:18","slug":"kazakhstan-is-cutting-off-power-supplies-to-crypto-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/kazakhstan-is-cutting-off-power-supplies-to-crypto-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan is cutting off power supplies to crypto miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto miners in Kazakhstan are facing a major drawback, as reports have revealed that authorities in the country have cut off the power supply of miners owing to the growing crisis in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Blackouts in Kazakhstan<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Bloomberg <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-25\/kazakhstan-unplugged-bitcoin-miners-before-blackout-hit-region?sref=IIP4JEyu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, crypto miners were blocked from the national grid on January 24th and it will continue till the end of this month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A memo from KEGOC, the national grid operator dated January 21st confirmed that &#8220;the planned supply of electricity to persons engaged in digital mining is completely canceled&#8221; starting from January 24th until January 31st. This memo corroborates available information from the Bloomberg report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest power crisis is not affecting the central Asian nations. However, neighboring countries like Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have also had to deal with bouts of blackouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazakhstan became a choice location for crypto miners after China sent them packing citing environmental concerns. This led to an influx of new miners into the country looking to tap into the energy-rich country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, recent happenings in the country have revealed that crypto mining is affecting the country\u2019s power infrastructure which has forced the government to take these actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just recently, citizens of the country were involved in a protest which resulted in drastic measures like curfew and other stringent methods to curb its spread.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Crypto mining activities draw regulators to act<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While several <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/46-bitcoin-miners-employ-renewable-energy-sources-to-mine-bitcoin-bmc\">reports<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by pro-crypto groups have revealed that crypto mining activities use renewable energy sources to mine <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> and other digital assets, governments around the world have become increasingly agitated at the level of energy consumption and environmental concerns of mining.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto mining requires the use of special computers which are dependent on a huge supply of electricity to mint new tokens. Digital assets like Bitcoin and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a> use this process to mine new coins for their ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, China citing the need to better protect the environment banned all crypto-related activities within its country. This action pushed many of these miners to new locations in North America, Russia, and Kazakhstan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But recently, authorities in Russia, the United States, and other countries have begun to take drastic measures to protect their energy grid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto miners in Kazakhstan are facing a major drawback, as reports have revealed that authorities in the country have cut off the power supply of miners owing to the growing crisis in the country. 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