Top Bitcoin mining country Kazakhstan turns off internet amid protests
The government of Kazakhstan shut down the internet after the cabinet resigned amid major anti-government protests. Kazakhstan, which boasts the second-largest (BTC) mining hash rate in the world, is experiencing major internet disruptions amid local anti-government protests.Network data provider NetBlocks reported Wednesday that Kazakhstan was “in the midst of a nation-scale internet blackout after a day of mobile internet disruptions and partial restrictions.” According to the data, the normalized network connectivity in Kazakhstan fell to 2% on Wednesday.“The incident is likely to....
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