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20 days after the third halving of Bitcoin, the price of Bitcoin returned to $10,000 today, a recent high.

Today’s highest intraday bitcoin price reached US$10,429, and the latest offer is US$10093

Since the birth of Bitcoin in 2009 and the price of Bitcoin surpassing US$20,000 in 2017, mining fever has emerged at home and abroad. In order to reduce costs, stealing electricity, stealing electricity and mining have also become a way for many people to make money.

Heilongjiang miners, use fake grave heads as cover

On May 26, the police in Daqing, Heilongjiang, based on the electricity data provided by the oil field, suspected that there was a den of electricity stolen near a village.

After investigators arrived at the suspected location, two “cemetery heads” were found in the nearby woodland, but no monument was established. And about 11 meters away from the tomb, there is a firewood stack of straw.

These two graves without monuments and no owners have attracted the attention of investigators

This makes criminal investigators suspicious. Because the firewood stacks should be near the villagers’ residence to facilitate the use of fire, these firewood stacks piled in the forest belt are very abnormal.

Sure enough, the firewood stack was opened, and the criminal investigators found an tunnel entrance. Below the “grave head” it was the location of the illegal mine.

Through the direction of the cable, the police found that this den is likely to steal electricity from the oil field for illegal bitcoin mining.

There are 24 mining machines in the den, and the police did not mention the specific model. But as can be seen from the video, each mining machine has two exhaust fans. According to this model, the power consumption of one mining machine will be 2000W~3000W. According to the minimum power consumption of 2000W, the 24 machines steal 1152 kWh a day and 34560 kWh a month.

2 (kW/h)* 24 (h)* 24 (unit) = 1152 (kW/h)

According to the cost of 0.3 yuan, one month of illegal electricity consumption is more than 10,000 yuan. As for the specific illegal income, it is difficult to say.

Theft of electricity and mining, Daqing and Tangshan have the most

In the mining process, electricity cost is the largest cost.

Electricity has accounted for 60% or more of the mining cost, so many miners take risks to steal electricity to mine in order to reduce costs. After reducing the cost of electricity to zero, mining has become a huge profit.

In December 2017, the price of bitcoin skyrocketed, reaching its highest level since its birth, at $20052, more than 20 times. So the activity of stealing electricity and mining has also increased rapidly.

In 2018, two primary school principals of Hunan steal electricity and mine in computer classrooms

According to statistics, the locations of these electricity theft incidents are concentrated in 6 provinces of Heilongjiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Hubei, Shanxi, and Anhui.

Among them, there are the most cases of electricity theft mining in Heilongjiang Province. Interestingly, these cases are all concentrated in Daqing, and the mining sites are magical, such as fish ponds, electrical repair plants, and underground gymnasium …

Just before this “tomb mining”, on April 24, the Criminal Investigation Fifth Brigade of Daqing City Public Security Bureau Oil Field Branch said that someone had privately received oil power near the oil production team in the No. 5 Oil Production Plant, No. 1 Coal Mine Came to dig bitcoin and found that there was a den below the kennel, hiding 54 bitcoin miners, stealing electricity illegally.

“Dog Kennel” hiding mine machine, Dog Dog: This is a machine-occupied dog kennel!

A miner told reporters, “In Daqing, many miners are stolen electricity madly. There were 9 sentences sentenced, but there were countless ones caught and not sentenced.”

Besides Daqing, another city where electricity mining is very popular is Tangshan.

It is understood that these cities have one thing in common: There are either oil fields or coal mines, which are rich in resources and easy to handle.

Take Daqing as an example. “Daqing’s oil wells are scattered. Many oil wells are in remote villages and lack supervision.” A miner said, “It is not easy to find a line on the high-voltage line of an oil well.”

Stealing electricity and mining: qualitatively committing theft and illegal profits

For the almost crazy electricity stealing, the local will certainly not sit idly by.

In December 2018, Daqing launched a special rectification program for electricity theft. From December 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019, the most stringent “strike against black crime in the field of oil fields and electric theft in winter” was launched in history. The special action “Oil Illegal and Criminal Activities” was launched.