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Re:Venezuela arrests 4 bitcoin miners as trading highs continue by csomar on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:57AM (#13490927)
I suspect electricity is pegged to the official rate. This makes it heavily subsidized even if it isn't. (The spread between the official and black market rate is huge)

So basically they are buying electricity at official rate and then selling the proceeds in the black market. Rinse and repeat. I suspect, also, their biggest challenge is to get the miners inside the country (since they are usually huge in size)

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