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Abkhazia Says It Has Shut Down ‘All Large Crypto Mining Farms’

Abkhazia Says It Has Shut Down ‘All Large Crypto Mining Farms’

CryptoNewsCryptoNews2024/11/08 17:33
By:Tim Alper

Rolling daily blackouts began again on November 1, with miners blamed for disruption

Last updated:
November 8, 2024 10:00 EST

The de facto nation of Abkhazia claims it has shut down all “large” crypto mining “farms” on its territory.

The partially recognized state, on the Black Sea coast of the South Caucasus region, has suffered years of electricity woes.

Crypto miners have been blamed for the disruption, which has caused societal and political havoc.

However, an ongoing crackdown on illegal crypto miners appears to have done little to solve the energy crisis: Electricity shortages are also in the cards as winter draws closer.

Abkhazia Says It Has Shut Down ‘All Large Crypto Mining Farms’ image 1 A monument in Gagra, Abkhazia. (Source: Vyacheslav Argenberg [CC BY 2.0])

Abkhazia: Crypto Miners Blamed for Power Problems

Per EA Daily , Dzhansukh Nanba, Abkhazia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and its Minister of Energy and Transport, claimed that “there are no large crypto mining farms operating in Abkhazia.”

Nanba said that the Abkhazia power provider Chernomorenergo carried out a “stress test” earlier this year.

The minister said that the test showed that crypto miners in Abkhazia currently consume between 40 and 45 megawatts of electricity.

“Cryptocurrency mining still exists in the republic. But the most important thing to note is that no large mining farms are operating now. It is these large farms that cause the most serious harm.”

Dzhansukh Nanba, Abkhazia’s First Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Energy and Transport

The history of crypto mining in Abkhazia is complicated. The government has in turn banned and welcomed miners.

In more recent years, there have been violent scenes as miners have been driven out of communities by force following months of blackouts, substation fires , and brownouts.

"Moscow is interested in normalizing relations between Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia". Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said this, once again mentioning Georgia’s breakaway regions as separate states.

Zakharova acknowledged the… pic.twitter.com/6ss97gdmPe

— JAMnews (@JAMnewsCaucasus) October 17, 2024

Crackdown Continues

At present, Abkhazian law prohibits all forms of crypto mining, with energy shortages once again on the rise.

However, police officers and customs officials still “periodically” catch smugglers trying to bring crypto mining equipment across the Russian-Abkhazia border.

Officers also continue to hunt down private miners, many of whom use illegal grid connections.

Earlier this month, Jam News reported that the Abkhazia government announced a “season” of rolling blackouts beginning “throughout the republic” on November 1.

The media outlet spoke of a “catastrophic shortage of electricity” that will see power shut off on a daily basis.

The Abkhazian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maktina Dzhinjolia asked the government to “make an exception for kindergartens and schools.”

Russia, Abkhazia’s closest political ally, has previously responded by providing Abkhazia with surplus energy.

A Kyiv analyst says that Trump is likely to push for swift peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war, but that comes with risks of concessions to Russia https://t.co/D7QJh6A9LD pic.twitter.com/u8PjR1CPyV

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 7, 2024

But Moscow is now experiencing crypto mining-related power problems of its own. Earlier this month, Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Yevgeny Grabchak hinted that regional crypto mining bans were on their way. He suggested these may come in the Russian Far East, Southwest Siberia, and Southern Russia .

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