An owner of Tianhu International in Bengbu stole 250,000 kWh of electricity crazily! He was actually "mining" at home!

On May 19 this year, the State Grid Bengbu Power Supply Company discovered that the line loss rate of the power supply equipment in the substation near Tianhu International Community suddenly increased. The staff of the Anti-Electricity Theft Office checked all the users' meters in the community one by one. However, after several months, no abnormal meters were found. When Wang Hao, the head of the marketing department of the State Grid Bengbu Power Supply Company, was checking the cable branch box, he found that the spare compartment of the branch box was privately connected to the cable. However, this cable was buried underground and was also very hidden. Through continuous investigation, it was finally determined that someone in Room 101 on the first floor of a certain building had privately engaged in Bitcoin theft and electricity theft. State Grid Bengbu Power Supply Company staff:
These black cables are our normal ones, and the white ones are the ones he connected privately. They are divided into two lines. One line goes to the room, the shelf, the shelf where the Bitcoin machine is placed. (The shelf where the Bitcoin machine is placed)
After locking down the room where the electricity was stolen, the anti-electricity theft office staff of the power supply company began to dig up the stolen cables. According to the power supply company's preliminary assessment, the amount of electricity lost was about 250,000 kWh.
What is the concept of 250,000 kWh of electricity?
Assuming that one household consumes 3,000 kWh of electricity per year, 250,000 kWh is equivalent to one household's electricity consumption for 83 years. If calculated based on a 23-story building with four households per elevator, the electricity consumption of one household that steals electricity for half a year is equivalent to the total electricity consumption of the entire building in one year.
Why did this householder steal electricity so crazily?
Such a large amount of electricity consumption?
What is the "Bitcoin" mentioned by the power supply company staff?
What does this have to do with stealing electricity?
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a virtual currency consisting of a series of complex codes generated by computers. Bitcoin is generated through virtual "mining" on the Internet.
The so-called "mining" is actually using computers to solve complex mathematical problems. The Bitcoin network will automatically adjust the difficulty of the mathematical problems so that the entire network can get a qualified answer approximately every 10 minutes.
Subsequently, the Bitcoin network will generate a certain amount of Bitcoin as a bounty to reward the person who gets the answer. In the virtual network, searching for Bitcoin requires the use of special equipment and high-end computers.
Wang Hao, director of the marketing department of State Grid Bengbu Power Supply Company, said that all the energy used to mine Bitcoin is electricity, and the energy consumption is very high. If there is no stealing of electricity, there will be no profit.
(The power marked on each machine is 1050 watts)
Because the number of bitcoins in the world is limited, this virtual currency can be used to cash out and can be exchanged into the currencies of most countries, and the exchange price is extremely high.
The reporter found that on the trading platform at noon today, one Bitcoin can be exchanged for about 5,170 yuan.
Since anyone can participate in the creation of Bitcoin, and anyone can mine, buy, sell or receive Bitcoin regardless of where they are, some people have taken risks and started to steal electricity.
This morning, the police found nearly 100 bitcoin mining machines in the home of a resident in Tianhu International Community. The power of each mining machine ranged from 800 watts to 1,000 watts. At present, the police have identified the suspect of electricity theft and are pursuing him with all their efforts.