🌡️ Iran's power crisis: Anyone who reports illegal mining will be rewarded $20! 🚨
🔥 Iran's power crisis is getting worse, with a heat wave hitting, temperatures soaring to nearly 50°C, and the power system shaky. To meet this challenge, the Iranian government has come up with a new trick, offering a $20 reward to citizens who report illegal cryptocurrency mining!
🏛️ Iran is facing a severe power shortage, and state-owned power giant Tavanir has taken action to launch a "power defense war" against illegal cryptocurrency miners. These miners are accused of abusing the country's subsidized electricity, exacerbating the tension in the power supply.
🔍 Tavanir's CEO revealed a shocking fact that the power consumption of illegal mining activities is equivalent to the power consumption of an entire province. This scale of illegal power consumption has not only put a huge pressure on the power grid, but also had a serious impact on people's daily lives and industrial production.
💡️ Looking back at 2021, Iran banned cryptocurrency mining due to concerns about energy consumption, but later lifted the ban due to economic pressure. Now, facing an overburdened power grid, the government has decided to take tough measures to encourage citizens to report illegal mining.
🛡️ The new bounty system aims to incentivize citizens to become the frontline force in the fight against illegal mining, especially those miners who enjoy subsidized electricity in public facilities. So far, more than 230,000 illegal mining equipment have been seized, consuming electricity equivalent to the needs of an entire province.
🤷♂️ But critics believe that identifying mining as the main cause of power shortages may oversimplify the problem. Experts point to poor grid management and lack of investment as the root cause.
🛡️ However, there is also a view that blaming all the blame on cryptocurrency mining may ignore other potential factors, such as uneven energy distribution and inefficiency of old infrastructure. Therefore, a more comprehensive perspective is needed to examine and solve the problem of power shortages.
🤔 What do you think of the Iranian government's bounty strategy? Is cryptocurrency mining really to blame for the power crisis? How do we balance technological innovation and energy sustainability? Share your views in the comments!
