They tried every possible way to steal electricity, including burying dog kennels and hiding in gymnasiums

Yesterday we posted a message on our official website saying that someone hid a mining machine in a dog's kennel for mining, which caused many readers to make fun of it, saying things like "Do you have a lot of question marks?" and "The machine occupies the dog's nest."

The term mining, with its series of terms such as mining machines, mining farms, mining pools, and operation and maintenance, seems very professional and sophisticated. In the final analysis, the competition for Bitcoin mining is about who gets the lowest electricity bill. How can you lower your electricity bill? Steal!

Next, let’s take a look at what methods these people have come up with to steal electricity?

Daqing police found 54 Bitcoin mining machines hidden under a doghouse, stealing electricity from the oil field for mining. After on-site inspection, the den has been stealing electricity from surrounding oil wells since February this year, and a total of 54 illegal Bitcoin mining machines were confiscated on site. Because Bitcoin mining machines consume a lot of electricity to produce Bitcoin, according to preliminary estimates by the police, the den stole about 50,000 yuan of electricity from the oil field. I guess the dog must have "dark circles" too, as it is harassed by the noise and vibration of the mining machines every day and has difficulty resting.

Why are electricity bills in unmanned stadiums soaring?

Some people hide mining machines in doghouses, and some people steal electricity in stadiums. According to media reports on April 17, during the epidemic, many venues in the Jiangyin Sports Center in Jiangsu Province were out of use, but maintenance personnel found that electricity consumption increased instead of decreased. It really makes people feel cold behind their backs. Is there anyone living in the stadium that is closed every day?

After careful search, the staff found that under the floor of the weak current room in the center's basement, several graphics card machines that were not used by the venue were running. In the end, Jiao, who illegally stole electricity for mining, took the initiative to surrender to the public security organs. It turned out that since the end of 2018, Jiao had successively configured 13 "Ethereum mining machines" in the swimming pool, sports center, and old stadium, stealing public electricity for "mining." Over the past year, Jiao has stolen more than 40,000 kWh of national electricity, worth more than 20,000 yuan, constituting the crime of theft. The electricity bill of the unmanned gymnasium has skyrocketed, and who knew that the final result is really a bit like "approaching science."