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My thoughts too. In the UK you would have to apply to the local authority for 'change of use' planning consent. Even changing between different classes of comm

My thoughts too. In the UK you would have to apply to the local authority for 'change of use' planning consent. Even changing between different classes of commercial use requires consent. This gets posted on the gate outside and in the local press. Anyone is free to write in and make their point known. Finally an official makes a recommendation to a committee of elected representatives at an open meeting. If approved you now have a commercially rated site and have to pay 'business rates' (local tax based on the value of the property and the use it is put to) to the local authority. Sounds like there is a lot of opportunity to charge potential miners... I think even commercial electric rates in the UK are around £0.17 kwh, so mining is not likely to trouble us any time soon!

briandear 8y ago
And that’s ridiculous. Me working on my computer in my house paying the asking rate for the electricity is really none of the business of my neighbors. It isn’t like someone is running a hair salon or a day care center where there could be traffic/disruption concerns.
- jsjohnst 8y ago
  You don’t think the risk of fire and/or localized grid overload from drawing much more power than designed for a residential property is of no concern to the neighbors?
- jimnotgym 8y ago
  What is ridiculous is reducing things to the absurd, of you can work on a computer in your house without planning permission! A remote worker can work from home. You just can't run a server farm, or have other people coming round to work there. The point is a normal home may have an office, and using that office to work is no different to using it for your household admin. A normal home does not have a server room however.