俄羅斯將禁止冬季區塊獎勵挖礦以解決電力短缺問題

如果政府委員會的新提案實施，俄羅斯將在 2031 年之前禁止每年冬季進行區塊獎勵挖礦，以解決十幾個地區的電力短缺問題。

Russia is planning to ban block reward cryptocurrency mining during the winter season each year until 2031 in over a dozen regions to address electricity shortages, according to new proposals from a government commission.

根據政府委員會的新提案，俄羅斯計劃在 2031 年之前禁止每年冬季在十多個地區進行區塊獎勵加密貨幣挖礦，以解決電力短缺問題。

The commission, led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, was set up to find solutions to electricity shortages as the winter season sets in. In its recent meeting, the commission proposed the ban in regions historically struggling to provide sufficient electricity to heat residents’ homes during the brutal winters.

該委員會由副總理亞歷山大·諾瓦克（Alexander Novak）領導，成立的目的是尋找冬季到來時電力短缺的解決方案。的地區實施這項禁令。

The ban would affect some of Russia’s key block reward mining regions, including Irkutsk and parts of the expansive northern region of Siberia. It would also extend to Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Kherson, and Luhansk, which Russia annexed from Ukraine two years ago.

該禁令將影響俄羅斯一些關鍵的區塊獎勵礦區，包括伊爾庫茨克和西伯利亞北部廣大地區的部分地區。它也將擴展到扎波羅熱、頓內茨克、赫爾松和盧甘斯克，這些地區是俄羅斯兩年前從烏克蘭吞併的。

In Siberia, the ban would commence on December 1 and run to March 15, 2025. In every subsequent year up to 2031, the ban would be from November 15 to March 15. In the other regions, the ban would be from December to the end of March.

在西伯利亞，禁令將從12月1日開始，持續到2025年3月15日。 12月到2025年3月15日。

The commission tasked the Ministry of Energy and energy companies to work out the details of the proposed ban. They must ensure that the electricity saved by the miners goes to households that need it most. However, sources told the local newspaper Kommersant that no official communication had been made with local governments to enforce the seasonal bans.

該委員會責成能源部和能源公司製定擬議禁令的細節。他們必須確保礦工節省的電力流向最需要的家庭。然而，消息人士告訴當地報紙《生意人報》，尚未與地方政府就執行季節性禁令進行正式溝通。

The commission also explored other solutions, including building new electricity generation facilities that are projected to produce 1.9 GW of electricity by 2026. While still considering such solutions, commission members opined that more immediate measures are required, and the mining ban is an easy fix in the short term.

該委員會也探討了其他解決方案，包括建造新的發電設施，預計到2026 年發電量為1.9 吉瓦。禁令是一個簡單的解決方案。

The commission clarified that it is not pushing miners out of Russia. Instead, it directed the affected miners to relocate to other regions in the south with excess electricity. However, miners have favored the north and eastern regions, as their very low temperatures drastically lower cooling costs.

該委員會澄清稱，它不會將礦商趕出俄羅斯。相反，它指示受影響的礦工搬遷到電力過剩的南方其他地區。然而，礦工們更青睞北部和東部地區，因為它們的氣溫非常低，冷卻成本大大降低。

Still, the miners believe the ban will punish the legitimate and regulated miners and allow illegal operations to thrive.

儘管如此，礦工們仍然認為，該禁令將懲罰合法且受監管的礦工，並允許非法作業蓬勃發展。

“A ban on industrial miners who have all the necessary permits to connect to power grids will provoke the activity of unscrupulous market participants who carry out their activities in violation of all established standards,” commented Sergey Bezdelov, the director of the Industrial Mining Association.

工業採礦協會會長謝爾蓋·別茲德洛夫表示：“禁止擁有所有必要許可證連接電網的工業採礦者將激起不擇手段的市場參與者的活動，他們的活動違反了所有既定標準。”

Citing a study from Moscow’s HSE University, Bezdelov added that the cost of relocating miners to another region would be twice as high as building new electricity generation infrastructure.

Bezdelov 引述莫斯科 HSE 大學的一項研究補充說，將礦工轉移到另一個地區的成本將是建設新發電基礎設施的兩倍。