After China stopped all of it’s crypto mining activities, Kazakhstan became the second largest bitcoin mining nation but, internet access was cut off that slashed the amount of computing power dedicated to crypto.
On my previous post, I metnioned that Kazahkstan was having a shortage on electricity due to high energy consumption of crypto mining.
Didar Bekbau, a bitcoin miner based in Kazakhstan, said on Twitter: “No internet, so no mining. Internet is blocked in Kazakhstan. Mobile operators, home internet, everything.”
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2303666-kazakhstan-unrest-takes-down-a-fifth-of-global-bitcoin-mining-network/#ixzz7HU0npv4N
