Greetings @emimoron very good article, really in Venezuela the use of cryptocurrencies is not illegal or is prohibited as if it happens in other countries of the world, in fact some large department stores and sales of electrical appliances accept it freely, on the other hand the government national created the national cryptocurrency superintendency (SUNACRIP) as the regulator of the trade of this type of digital asset.

Having said the above, I understand your point, because it seems that the common citizen is persecuted if he tries to do business "mining", while other affections to the government if they can enjoy these privileges.

The explanation is simple, the so-called "plugged in" can access the necessary permits to start up their "farms" while the rest of the citizens cannot exercise this activity first because it becomes almost impossible to fight against the government bureaucracy on the one hand, and on the other because there is a Law of Rational Use of Electric Energy under which the "security" bodies are protected to even stop and arrest people who mine cryptocurrencies for attacking the national electricity system ... sadly as you say , this country is in total chaos.

Greetings and have a beautiful night