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Taiwanese Police Arrest Miner Accused of Stealing Millions in Power
Bitcoin ^ | December 29, 2018 | Samuel Haig

Posted on 01/02/2019 10:47:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 01/02/2019 10:47:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If the guy they arrested was a miner, will he have to serve jail time or just a “time out” penalty?


2 posted on 01/02/2019 10:59:49 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the moral of the story is,
A) Mining $3mm of coin will cost you (or someone else) $3.25mm of electricity.
B) Make sure it’s someone else’s electricity.
C) Don’t get caught.

He had A and B down.


3 posted on 01/02/2019 11:11:26 PM PST by mindburglar (Don't bother. I don't debate.)
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Stay at a Campgroup?


4 posted on 01/02/2019 11:15:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s a great idea. Then move on to the next KOA for 25 bucks a night.


5 posted on 01/02/2019 11:17:39 PM PST by mindburglar (Don't bother. I don't debate.)
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Mining $3mm of coin will cost you (or someone else) $3.25mm of electricity.

Bitcoin converts electricity into Dutch tulip bulbs.


6 posted on 01/02/2019 11:32:49 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Flick Lives

Hehe...


7 posted on 01/03/2019 12:10:10 AM PST by mindburglar (Don't bother. I don't debate.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

my understanding is,
in most the world,

electricity is free, five finger discount

or not.
please enlighten me


8 posted on 01/03/2019 12:40:17 AM PST by RockyTx (fr)
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To: RockyTx
Clearly only legal, professional work done here...


9 posted on 01/03/2019 1:09:49 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator; Squantos; Chode; snooter55

Somebody forgot a Wire Nut on that 3rd Phase in the corner !

Please make out a Work Order for that.


10 posted on 01/03/2019 1:56:17 AM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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I’m union, not my job...


11 posted on 01/03/2019 2:00:02 AM PST by EEGator
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LOL

Spoken like a True Union Professional...


12 posted on 01/03/2019 2:14:20 AM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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IBEW!
;)


13 posted on 01/03/2019 2:16:47 AM PST by EEGator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When I read “miner”, I thought that the article would be about someone who worked at extracting minerals, not someone who produced cryptocurrency.


14 posted on 01/03/2019 4:23:55 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: mabarker1; EEGator

kinda makes ya wonder how they traces it out


15 posted on 01/03/2019 4:24:34 AM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just some advice from an electrical contractor friend. He told me of a case where the utility had a strong suspicion that electricity was being stolen from a residence. So they put a second meter up on the pole and compared the readings.

Obviously the pole meter recorded more usage, so they dug up the line to house and found the tap. The guy owned the house and this was also an electrical contractor...so he got the book thrown at him.


16 posted on 01/03/2019 5:06:10 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Chode; EEGator

Awesome tag line Chode...... bitcoin miners are a dedicated bunch. One guy doing such is almost unheard of.


17 posted on 01/03/2019 5:34:59 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: mindburglar

I heat my house with electricity. I’ll just pull out my furnace and replace it with a bitcoin scam mining machine


18 posted on 01/03/2019 5:39:37 AM PST by Cold Heart (The main purpose of The Wall is to protect the US from its own politicians.)
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To: BobL

We had a guy off for payment take a 14ga wife off the top of the service to his panel, tried to run the whole house off that in the summer. Responded to the fire call and the Chief told us he suspected some “electric issues” before the structure collapsed. Those fire investigators are amazing, respect to them.


19 posted on 01/03/2019 5:42:22 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: EEGator
Vietnam is the best at hotwiring their electrical supply:


20 posted on 01/03/2019 6:02:52 AM PST by BeauBo
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