KYC Mining Pools Have More Than 50% of Bitcoin Hashrate

Mining pools that require miner identity verification now control more than 50% hashrate of the Bitcoin network.

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"The two largest bitcoin mining pools in the world - Foundry USA and Antpool - require identity verification on all miners that use them," Odell noted during the weekend.

"53% of global bitcoin hash rate has been doxxed between these two pools..."

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