Filecoin Miners Start a Strike – FIL Validators Claim the Project’s Economic ...

Filecoin Miners Start a Strike – FIL Validators Claim the Project’s Economic ...

The Filecoin project has surely seen a lot of hype but during the last few weeks before the launch, the cooperative digital storage crypto project has been criticized a great deal. This weekend a few Filecoin miners have been on strike and claim the economic model is not working out for them. Just recently the Filecoin (FIL) token offering has been a topical conversation, as the project joins the cryptocurrency economy. Moreover, controversy recently surrounded the project when the crypto community questioned the movement of 800,000 FIL tokens. Now another story is arising that shows a few....


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