2018-7-23 18:21 |
China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region is set to eliminate “illegal” bitcoin mining operations by the end of August, a government agency has confirmed to CoinDesk.
“Local utility agencies and companies will be held accountable if they failed to shut down ‘illegal’ bitcoin mining operations,” the EIC writes.
He said:
“I have two partners (in the region): one has 18,000 crypto miners, the other has 40,000.
In June 2017, the EIC also issued a notice to municipal governments asking them to be careful when supporting bitcoin mining companies.
The firm declined to confirm to CoinDesk for this article if it is still operating any mining farms in the region.