加密货币挖矿消耗大量电力，已成为伊朗等一些地区电力危机的主要原因，科索沃等。同样，在伊朗政府去年夏天看到停电后，它让该州的警察保持警惕，在过去的五个月中发现并关闭了 9,404 个矿场。
据伊朗媒体 Iran International 报道，德黑兰配电公司负责人 Kambiz Nazerian 注意到 在周一的一份声明中，警方在伊朗首都德黑兰的地区发现了所有耗能设备。
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值得注意的是，很大一部分非法矿场已于 6 月被伊朗警方没收，相当于 7,000 台非法矿机。
过去几年，该国一直在不断检测伊朗不同城市的非法采矿活动。此外，该报告还补充说，大多数未注册矿工定居在清真寺或学校等公共场所的矿场，以享受政府提供的补贴或免费电力。
加密货币挖矿需要大量的电力来通过重型计算机进行计算以赚取加密货币。伊朗用于发电的大量化石燃料吸引了该州的技术爱好者进行采矿。
根据伊朗媒体的报道，该国的加密采矿业务主要由有影响力的网络和一些中国集团使用补贴的廉价电力进行。
符合剑桥比特币用电量指数 报告显示，伊朗在去年 3 月贡献了比特币哈希率的 7.5%。尽管该国是一个石油资源丰富的国家，但该国一直面临着电力中断和水资源短缺的问题。这些停电导致全国抗议，当局将需求上升归咎于加密货币开采。
5 月，伊朗当局采取立场控制不断增长的电力需求，并禁止该地区所有采矿作业四个月。该限制将于 9 月取消。尽管如此，为了满足当地夏季最炎热月份的电力需求，当局 切断 118 个持牌挖矿平台的权力.
伊朗当局还暗示在前一年的夏季和冬季对矿场进行限制。但许可平台可以自由地不遵守规则，而非法矿工则受到限制。
此外，国家去年初查获专用集成电路机4.5万台。值得注意的是，国营能源供应商 Tavanir 使用补贴电力开展业务。
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本月早些时候，伊朗当局还关闭了 1,620 个加密货币挖矿业务。根据报告，挖矿活动在 18 个多月的时间内消耗了 250 兆瓦的电力。
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