Sixty-three illegal cryptocurrency mining centers were shut in the week to July 21, half of which reported by whistleblowers.
According to Energy Ministry's news service, some 714 illegal equipment were seized during the period with a total consumption of 1,499 kilowatts.
The share of whistleblowers in finding cryptomining farms and centers has recently increased. They accounted for 43% of the detections of unauthorized farms.
Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Company (Tavanir) inspectors detected 32% of the miners and the remaining were found by other methods, such as analyzing power consumption records.
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