Bitcoin miners come out of anonymity and ask for an agreement with the government in Venezuela

Venezuelan Bitcoin miners began to emerge from the anonymity in which they found themselves and ask the government of that country to reach “win-win” agreements, where these industrialists and the national electrical system benefit.

Marlon Rojas, Bitcoin miner and executive director of Venecripto Servicios, published a video on the social network Instagram in which he urges Corpoelec, Venezuela’s energy supplier, to integrate digital mining into your industrial activityso that it helps restore the national electrical system.

“We believe that miners, being large consumers of electricity, could make energy contracts with Corpoelec that are win-win. Corpoelec is the energy provider, they know where Bitcoin miners can be installed and thus raise resources to rebuild the electrical system.”

Marlon Rojas, Venezuelan Bitcoin miner.

In Rojas’ opinion, Corpoelec knows in which parts of the country there are surpluses of energy that can be used to mine Bitcoin. Therefore, it recommends establishing a licensing and permit regime for these operators to mine “close to where electricity is generated.”

It must be remembered that in Venezuela, electricity generation depends largely on the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Power Plant, also known as Guri, which has an installed capacity of 10,000 MW.

For several years, that country has been facing an electricity crisis that causes many cities and towns to face constant and daily electricity rationing.

According to specialists in the field, such as engineer Juan Carlos Rodríguez, from the Venezuelan Observatory of Public Services (OVSP), the country’s electrical infrastructure is in crisis. due to lack of investment and maintenance of the system. He points out that the electrical system is in deficit. This is because the demand is over 13,000 MW and Guri only produces about 10,000 MW.

However, on the side of the Venezuelan government, the Bitcoin mining industry is responsible for electrical failures. The governor of Carabobo, Rafael Lacava, explicitly said that the miners “steal” the energy that the population needs in the face of the electrical onslaught, an invalid allegation for legal operators, considering that They pay electricity and other tuition.

In that state, a series of raids on Bitcoin mining farms were carried out, which led to the seizure of more than 11,000 devices. However, these disconnected farms have already been shut down for more than a year, remembers miner Marlon Rojas. due to the PDVSA-Cripto corruption plot.