It is noted that this crypto-hotel is located on the territory of a former factory, in a building where a repair shop used to be.

According to the correspondent, there are a lot of surveillance cameras, an alarm system, iron doors.

The system administrator of the mining hotel, Anatoly Vasiliev, said that these measures are necessary to protect against equipment theft.

“First of all, for the safety of the equipment, so that it would not be stolen.

Asics (a device specially designed for cryptocurrency mining. -

RT

) are themselves small, portable machines that can be easily taken and carried away.

One machine costs 300 thousand rubles,” he said.

As specified, here you can rent a place for one device or a whole “farm” for mining.

See more on the topic in the video report “Irkutsk.

Cryptocurrency Business" on the RT YouTube channel.

Earlier, President of the Center for Strategic Research Vladislav Onishchenko, in an interview with Izvestia, spoke in favor of stimulating mining in regions with excess electricity production.