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[aqme28]

If the government sees something as a public Bad[1], they're not going to put it back into the economy.

If the government seizes drugs, they don't just redistribute it because it "makes money."

[1]: Regardless of whether you agree with the government here. I also don't know if bitcoin mining is illegal or if it was just the stealing of electricity that was a problem.

[MrStonedOne → aqme28]

They didn't seize the miners because the miners are bad on their own. this isn't like drugs. the miners aren't banned here.

They seized them because they were used in other crime, ie, stealing electricity.

They could have recouped some of the cost of that stolen electricity by selling them to an outfit that actually pays for electricity.