An Airbnb proprietor has been compelled to implement a brand new ‘no crypto mining policy’ after a tenant put in 10 mining rigs that racked up a $1,500 electrical energy invoice in simply three weeks.

Ashley, who runs a TikTok channel about her Airbnb expertise, stated her visitor introduced the computer systems to mine crypto at her property and in addition put in an electrical automobile charging level. 

“It was cheaper for them to rent a house to pay for that electricity,” she stated.

The visitor was apparently trustworthy about his crypto mining and informed Ashley that he remodeled $100,000 throughout his keep.

She’s not the one Airbnb host with a crypto mining drawback

Different Airbnb hosts have additionally complained about crypto miners working up their electrical energy payments. One person replying to Ashley stated, “I also have in my rules no crypto mining. It’s ridiculous we have to do this.” 

One other person within the UK revealed on an Airbnb discussion board that they believed their friends have been mining bitcoin and that it induced their invoice to extend by hundreds of kilos. One person took to a different discussion board to warn hosts that crypto mining doubled the electrical energy invoice of her condo. 

One host additionally described how they kicked their friends out after their electrical energy agency observed a dramatic improve of their energy utilization. The host estimated the crypto miners would’ve made a $6,000 dent in electrical energy prices had they not been eliminated. 

Protos has contacted Airbnb for remark. 

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