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Usually criminals need to sell the goods they steal, now they can just use the goods.

Is this a new type of crime?

In the days of slavery, it was pretty common to steal others' slaves and then use them.

These computers are worth millions, so it's possible they could try to sell them.

The computers are worth $3m. I'd gauge they could generate that amount of bitcoin within 18 months?

This also brings an interesting thought - will it be harder to track down those running a hydroponic lab in the future, with many houses using huge amounts of electricity on mining?

It's also a bet on whether Bitcoin will stay afloat for the next 18 months

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