{"id":"tp-2432","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Iran seizes 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines as electricity consumption increases","author":"Charissa Echavez","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2432","datePublished":"2019-07-01T04:08:24.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-01T04:08:24.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Iranian authorities have seized around 1,000 bitcoin mining machines from two abandoned factories, following a spike in electricity consumption, according to RadioFreeEurope.","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"report","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/the-bitcoin-bite-iran-says-power-grid-hit-by-cryptocurrency-mining-surge/30024290.html"},{"title":"computers","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48799155"},{"title":"reported","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/iranian-authorities-shut-down-two-crypto-mining-farms-amid-power-spike"},{"title":"open blockchain","url":"http://tokenpost.com/Russia-may-start-imposing-cryptocurrency-mining-fine-this-month-2165"}]}