[hpd]

> The largest-scale crypto mining is thought to be taking place in the north of the country, where the Serb-majority population refuse to recognise Kosovo as an independent state and have consequently not paid for electricity for more than two decades.

So how exactly are they mining if they aren't paying for electricity ? Illegally connected to the grid and/or bribed someone from the electric company to turn a blind eye ?

[boomskats]

It's far more complex a situation than the article makes it seem. This one explains it much better: https://balkaninsight.com/2021/11/23/kosovo-to-end-free-ener...

[rixed]

And how is this ban going to be enforced if they can't even enforce energy bills to be paid?

[fluffyguy]

They signed a dumb deal with serbia. The serb community doesn't pay the energy bill until a final deal is reached with serbia on the EU facilitated dialogue. I don't know the details of this, but that's a tl;dr version!

[mrweasel]

Maybe the government is scared to allow powered to be turned off, fearing an uprising among the Serbs, potentially giving Serbian a reason to interven?