Cryptocurrencies
Brooklyn Bitcoin Mine Causes Static for T-Mobile Users
- FCC writes to Brooklyn man and tells him to shut off device
- Cryptocurrency mining big user of electricity, computers
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Authorities believe they have found the culprit that was causing static for T-Mobile US Inc. customers in southern Brooklyn: an energy-sucking, interference-spewing cryptocurrency miner tucked away in a home.
Agents for the Federal Communications Commission used direction-finding devices to locate the offending equipment in a home in zip code 11229, an area that includes Sheepshead Bay. On Thursday they sent a notice to a resident telling him to shut off his Antminer s5 Bitcoin Miner, or risk fines and seizure of the device.