Russian Customs Office Barred Bitcoin Mining Rig Used for ‘Solving Math Problems’

[kreslik.news]

Tobolsk, a city in Western Russia, has officially “banned the import of equipment for the mining of cryptocurrency” as of last week, according to local media sources. The ban went into action when a local cryptocurrency miner attempted to import mining equipment.

“[The] resident of the city of Tobolsk purchased server equipment for his own needs from an online store,” reads an official statement from the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The citizen in question had declared the mining equipment as tools for “mathematical and scientific equations.” (Technically, this was not a lie.)

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