Second-largest Ethereum mining pool to suspend all operations
Launched in China in 2018, SparkPool controls over 22% of Ether’s hashrate as of today, second only to Ethermine. Sparkpool, the second-largest Ethereum mining pool in the world, is suspending operations due to the ongoing Chinese crackdown on crypto.The mining pool officially announced Sept. 27 it has suspended access to new users in mainland China in response to Chinese authorities initiating new measures to combat crypto adoption in the country.Following initial restrictions made last Friday, Sparkpool will continue shutting down services, and plans to suspend existing mining pool users....
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