{"id":27317,"date":"2024-08-21T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=27317"},"modified":"2024-08-21T19:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T16:06:07","slug":"malaysia-smashes-985-bitcoin-miners-amid-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/malaysia-smashes-985-bitcoin-miners-amid-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Smashes 985 Bitcoin Miners Amid Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local media stated that 985 bitcoin mining machines valued at around <strong>1.98 million Malaysian ringgits ($452,500)<\/strong> had been destroyed by authorities in the nation as they kept power theft connected to bitcoin mining operations under control.<\/p>\n<p>Following court orders, the Perak Tengah district police reported in the <strong>Malaysia Gazette<\/strong> that on Monday they smashed the rigs using a steamroller. From 2022 until this past April, the equipment was seized during enforcement activities.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent warnings and enforcement actions by the government coincided with a larger crackdown on power theft concerns connected to bitcoin miners. Sepang district police reported last week that seven people were arrested for allegedly running bitcoin mining operations with stolen electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy energy transition and water transformation minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir claimed last month that between 2018 and 2023, crypto miners in <strong>Malaysia<\/strong> pilfered at least RM3.4 billion ($777 million) worth of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>From China, which outlawed all crypto mining activities in 2021, crypto mining operations have progressively shifted to the U.S. and other countries such as <strong>Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, and Thailand.<\/strong> Southeast Asian countries draw miners because of their competitive energy rates, trained workforce, and current infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"darkmysite_style_txt_border darkmysite_processed\" data-darkmysite_alpha_bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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Following court orders, the Perak Tengah district police reported in the Malaysia Gazette that on Monday they smashed the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,307,7985,8054],"class_list":["post-27317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-mining","tag-malaysia","tag-malaysia-bitcoin-mining"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Malaysia Smashes 985 Bitcoin Miners Amid Crackdown - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/malaysia-smashes-985-bitcoin-miners-amid-crackdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malaysia Smashes 985 Bitcoin Miners Amid Crackdown - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local media stated that 985 bitcoin mining machines valued at around 1.98 million Malaysian ringgits ($452,500) had been destroyed by authorities in the nation as they kept power theft connected to bitcoin mining operations under control. 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