An Airbnb owner has been forced to implement a new ‘no crypto mining policy’ after a tenant installed 10 mining rigs that racked up a $1,500 electricity bill in just three weeks.
Ashley, who runs a TikTok channel about her Airbnb experience, said her guest brought the computers to mine crypto at her property and also installed an electric vehicle charging point.
“It was cheaper for them to rent a house to pay for that electricity,” she said.
The guest was apparently honest about his crypto mining and told Ashley that he made over $100,000 during his stay.
She’s not the only Airbnb host with a crypto mining problem
Other Airbnb hosts have also complained about crypto miners running up their electricity bills. One user replying to Ashley said, “I also have in my rules no crypto mining. It’s ridiculous we have to do this.”
Another user in the UK revealed on an Airbnb forum that they believed their guests were mining bitcoin and that it caused their bill to increase by thousands of pounds. One user took to another forum to warn hosts that crypto mining doubled the electricity bill of her apartment.
One host also described how they kicked their guests out after their electricity firm noticed a dramatic increase in their power usage. The host estimated the crypto miners would’ve made a $6,000 dent in electricity costs had they not been removed.
Protos has contacted Airbnb for comment.