Panic as Kosovo pulls the plug on its energy-guzzling bitcoin miners
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Jack Butcher in Pris from Technology | The Guardian on (#5V2JZ)
Speculators rush to sell off their kit as Balkan state announces a crypto clampdown to ease electricity crisis
For bitcoin enthusiasts in Kosovo with a breezy attitude to risk, it has been a good week to strike a deal on computer equipment that can create, or mine", the cryptocurrency.
From Facebook to Telegram, new posts in the region's online crypto groups became dominated by dismayed Kosovans attempting to sell off their mining equipment - often at knockdown prices.
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