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Sichuan clears back cryptocurrency mining

The mines were powered off collectively and all mines were closed

It is reported that due to policy reasons, China and even Sichuan, the world’s most important gathering place for Bitcoin mining machines, will usher in a large area of ​​mining machines. According to calculations, the shutdown load is about 8 million. Following Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, Sichuan, which is dominated by clean energy and hydropower, failed to become the last bastion of Bitcoin mining in China.

A document “Notice of the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Sichuan Provincial Energy Bureau on the Cleanup and Shutdown of Virtual Currency “Mining” Projects” shows that for virtual currency “mining”, relevant power companies in Sichuan need to start on June 20 The screening, clean-up and shutdown work has been completed a few days ago.

The document shows that the people’s governments of various cities (prefectures), the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company, the Provincial Energy Investment Group, the central power generation enterprises in Sichuan, and the provincial state-owned power generation enterprises should follow the spirit of the 73rd executive meeting of the provincial government to implement the State Council’s financial The 51st meeting of the Stability and Development Committee on the requirements of “combating Bitcoin mining”, hereby notify the relevant matters as follows: 1. Complete the screening and shutdown of key objects. The Provincial Electric Power Company has reported 26 suspected “mining” projects, and the screening, cleaning and shutdown will be completed before June 20; 2. Carry out self-examination and self-correction by power generation companies, and immediately stop supplying power to virtual currency mining projects; 3. Do a thorough investigation and investigation. The municipal (prefecture) governments will immediately carry out a dragnet investigation, and the suspected projects will be shut down immediately and completed before June 25; 4. Earnestly fulfill the main responsibility, and must complete the cleanup and shutdown tasks with quality and quantity. Due to the abundant hydropower resources, a large amount of hydropower is abandoned in Sichuan during the wet season. In this regard, the Sichuan Provincial Government Office issued the “Sichuan Province Hydropower Consumption Industry Demonstration Zone Construction Implementation Plan” in August 2019, confirming Pilot projects for hydropower consumption industry demonstration zones will be carried out in 6 cities and prefectures, including Ganzi, Panzhihua, Ya’an, Leshan, Liangshan, and Aba. In 2020, Sichuan has successively approved two batches of hydropower consumption demonstration enterprises, and the list has covered many mining enterprises in the name of big data technology. On the evening of the 19th, a small video began to circulate in the circle of friends. The content was that the miners were cutting off the power of the Bitcoin mining machine, and the rows of beating green lights went out one by one. Many people at the scene said: Bye, See you. A miner A said, “An era is over, bye bye! Although the breeze is hard to blow me, how can the moon not shine. The ice can’t stop the water, and the dead wood will be in spring again.” Miner B also issued an article saying, “At this time last year, it was just in the domestic unblocking period. The first conference in the circle was the Sichuan-Chengdu Water-rich Mining Conference. Today’s time has passed. The mining boom at that time was integrated into the bright galaxy tonight. Later, industry practitioners You should also remember the glory here.” Practitioner C said, “Sichuan’s 8 million loads will be collectively shut down at 0:00 tonight. In the history of the blockchain, the most tragic and most spectacular scene of miners is about to happen. How far-reaching the impact is here will be known in the future. ” Practitioner D: “Today, we can officially announce the end of an era.” Of course, the happiest thing is that graphics cards can finally be reduced in price. Bitcoin’s entire network’s computing power plummeted overnight According to reports, Sichuan is the largest gathering of Bitcoin miners in China and even in the world, with approximately 8 million loads being used for cryptocurrency mining. According to data from btc.com, the current average computing power of the entire Bitcoin network is 126.83 EH/s, which is nearly 36% lower than the historical high of 197.61 EH/s (May 13). At the same time, Bitcoin mining pools with Chinese backgrounds such as Huobi Pool, Binance, AntPool and Poolin have fallen sharply in their computing power. The decline in computing power in the past 24 hours has been 36.64%, 25.58%, 22.17%, and 8.05%, respectively. Many places have already shot On May 21, the Financial Stability and Development Committee of the State Council (hereinafter referred to as the Financial Committee) held its 51st meeting to study and deploy key tasks in the financial sector in the next phase. The meeting was presided over by Liu He, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Director of the Financial Committee. Relevant responsible comrades from member units of the Financial Committee attended the meeting. Two points of this meeting were impressive: The first is to crack down on Bitcoin mining and trading activities, and resolutely prevent individual risks from being transmitted to the social field. The second is to maintain the smooth operation of the stock, debt, and foreign exchange markets, severely crack down on illegal securities activities, and severely punish financial illegal and criminal activities. In late May, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and other places successively held seminars on virtual currency mining to strengthen the crackdown on related behaviors. On May 25, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission issued the “Eight Measures on Resolutely Cracking Down on and Punishing Virtual Currency “Mining” (Draft for Comment). On June 9, the Qinghai Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Notice on the Comprehensive Shutdown of Virtual Currency “Mining” Projects”, requesting clean-up and rectification. It is strictly forbidden to initiate and approve various virtual currency “mining” projects in various regions, and to completely shut down all existing virtual currency “mining” projects. At the same time, resolutely investigate and rectify the project entities that set up projects in the name of big data, supercomputer centers, etc. but are engaged in virtual currency “mining”. On June 12, people from the Yunnan Provincial Energy Administration Office confirmed that according to the notice, various power-using departments will be organized to carry out joint inspections in a timely manner. At the end of June this year, Bitcoin mining companies will be cleaned up and rectified, and Bitcoin mining companies relying on power generation will be seriously investigated and punished. Enterprises, unauthorized private connection of electricity, evasion of national transmission and distribution fees, funds, and additional profit-making illegal activities, once discovered, immediately suspend power supply; severely investigate and punish power generation companies who use the generated electricity to privately transfer bitcoin without permission The illegal behavior of mining companies to obtain illegitimate benefits by supplying power; seriously investigate and deal with hidden dangers in the power use of Bitcoin mining companies, and immediately order them to shut down and make corrections once they are discovered

Potatoes have also experienced ups and downs. Half a month ago, Sony announced that it would gradually close its digital stores for PS3, PSP and PSV in July and August of this year. After the store is closed, players can still download and play the digital version of the game they have already purchased, but they can no longer purchase new digital content, nor can they make in-game purchases on the aforementioned platforms. This news aroused the opposition of a large number of players at the time, one of the reasons is that a large number of games sold only through digital channels will “disappear”. Recently, players have signed a petition on the petition site Change.org to ask Jim Ryan, the current president of SIE, to step down. One of the “crimes” is that he shut down the digital store on the old platform, leading to the disappearance of thousands of games. More than 2,000 people have signed up so far However, according to Sony’s official statement, the closure of digital services on the old platform is to give more resources to the PS4 and PS5 stores. Coincidentally, Ubisoft recently announced that it will shut down the servers of some old games during the year for similar reasons-this means that players will no longer be able to obtain network services from the official website, and they will no longer be able to play them online. According to Eurogamer’s report, the latest news is that “Ghost Recon: Future Fighter”, “Rainbow Six: Confinement”, “Rainbow Six: Vegas” and “Rainbow Six: Vegas 2” will all be held in 2021. Online services will be closed on all platforms at a certain time. The online dates of some other Ubisoft games have been determined, such as “Assassin’s Creed 2,” “Far Cry 2,” and “Split Cell: Conviction” will be closed on June 1 this year. The list of games comes from the official Ubisoft forum After the online service is closed, the single player function of the game itself will not be affected, but functions such as in-game news and player statistics will be disabled. If the game supports Ubisoft Connect (that is, the player service system that replaces UPLAY), related system functions, such as U coins, player challenges, etc. will also be closed. If the player still has unused in-game currency when it expires, they will not receive Ubisoft’s refund. On Ubisoft’s official forum, a staff member named UbiDuchess explained the shutdown: “We have been evaluating the conditions required to provide the best online service for Ubisoft players. Game service is a necessary part of this work. Because it allows our employees to better focus on providing a good online experience for the majority of players who are playing more popular games.” “We understand that some people may be disappointed by this news. We are very happy to have fans who have been committed to these brands and games like you. I hope you can find more Ubisoft games that will be launched in the near future and you can be equally enthusiastic. For these games.” In fact, Ubisoft has always stated in the official user support document that it will continue to “retire” user service support for old games. Before this incident, a large number of Ubisoft games have been included in this “retire environment” ranks, and the New Year’s “Just Dance” series is the one that retires the most diligent. Games based on digital services have become more and more mainstream in the lives of players. This has also led to the depreciation of the value of digital game assets, which will become a topic that we cannot avoid in the future. The good news may be that these games of Ashoka can at least be played in single-player mode, and none of the PSP/PSV games that are only released on digital channels will disappear in the long river of history in the future.

From Arthur Landwehr, ARD studio Washington She doesn’t want to stand idly by: “Companies across the country stand for diversity and inclusion, and we can’t just keep quiet about that,” says entrepreneur Lynn Forrester de Rothschild. “That makes us unbelievable towards our employees and our customers”, says the founder of the organization “Inclusive Capitalism”. More than 100 CEOs from major corporations in the US met for a political video conference over the weekend. “What should we do if several states pass laws that make it harder for African Americans to vote?” – that was her question. And she states: “When companies oppose voting restrictions, they act as patriots.”

It started in Georgia

It started with protests by large corporations against the electoral reform in Georgia. More than 70 African American company bosses had urged their colleagues to act. Some of the major influential churches joined. Coca-Cola, UPS, Delta Airlines and many more responded and protested. One of the most important baseball games of the season was relocated from Georgia.

The companies speak up

But Georgia is not alone, many Republican states are going down the same path, apparently out of anger over the lost elections. The discussion about equality, which rocked the whole country last year, is now causing companies to respond. “We have seen many companies that have put large investments in these states on hold, initially bringing neither equipment nor employees to these states,” says Jeffen Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Management, organizer of the weekend meeting. “We want harmony in society,” says Lynn Forrester de Rothschild. That is good for companies. There is also no agreement on what exactly to do. It was discussed, however, to use campaign donations in a more targeted manner, to give nothing more to those who voted for these laws. There are already protests from Republican politicians, especially Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader: “My warning goes to companies in America. They should stay out of politics.”

Republicans laugh too

“What a hypocrite,” says de Rothschild. And at the meeting of the company bosses, it was said that there was amusement. “That was 60, 70 percent Republicans at the meeting,” reports Sonnenfeld. “But they don’t want you to be told: ‘Give us your money and shut up.'” For companies with a great need for highly qualified employees, the political environment increasingly plays a role in the choice of location. Restrictions or a racist atmosphere make good workers quit. Even major Hollywood film producers, who do a lot of productions in Georgia, have threatened to shut down. You couldn’t ask African American actors, producers, and team members to work in an atmosphere where they weren’t welcome.

The audience could not help but feel frustrated when they heard that the director locked Gal Gadot in a secret room because she refused to film sensitive scenes.

Specifically, when director Zack Snyder left the Justice League project in 2017, director Joss Whedon was led by Warner Bros. invite and supervise filming. Since then, Joss Whedon requested to return 75% of the film, “cutting” the original script quite deeply. At that time, Warner Bros. wanted to change the direction of the DC universe in the bright, humorous style of Marvel. Joss Whedon is also the director of the blockbuster Avengers every day, so the leader of this company entrusted the project Justice League. However, when it was released in theaters in 2017, Justice League was hated by professionals and fans because it was too bad, many “sexualized” segments of Wonder Woman.

During the campaign to release the movie Zack Snyder’s Justice League, actor Ray Fisher (playing Cyborg) has repeatedly voiced the actions “disgusting, bullying, unprofessional, unacceptable. “okay” by Joss Whedon on set. Both Gal Gadot and actor Jason Momoa (playing Aquaman) have voiced support for Ray Fisher. Warner Bros. The announcement has held a special investigation related to the incident, but did not publish the results of the investigation.

Recently, the news site The Hollywood Reporter revealed many controversial developments on the set of Justice League, especially regarding actress Gal Gadot.

The female star was not satisfied with the new direction the film exploited her Wonder Woman character, as well as the lines she had to say. Because of that, Joss Whedon is said to have threatened Gal Gadot’s career if she did not obey. Even he threatened to “lower the honor” of Patty Jenkins – director of blockbuster Wonder Woman series, who is also close to Gal Gadot.

A witness at the studio revealed that Joss Whedon also bragged to everyone about his intimidation of Gal Gadot, admitting that he deliberately forced the actress to say lines that she would certainly not like. “He told Gal Gadot that he was the writer, she would have to ‘shut up’ and read the lines, and then he could make Gal Gadot extremely stupid in this movie.”

This controversial scene is believed to be the intentions of Joss Whedon

Previously, it was reported that Joss Whedon locked Gal Gadot in a waiting room because she refused to film Flash falling on Wonder Woman’s chest. That shot was still shot by Joss Whedon with a stuntman, and even appeared in the official Justice League theatrical release.

Three months after Justice League hit theaters, director Joss Whedon withdrew from DC’s Batgirl project in development. When asked to respond to the charges on the Justice League studio, he declined to comment.

Before this new information, many viewers expressed anger and anger because Gal Gadot was unfairly treated and humiliated: “Inviting rival film director to make filmmaking, an unexpected move of Warner Bros”, “Joss Whedon is so heavy.”, “It feels like this Joss Whedon has a grudge against DC. No one can make such a bad movie “,” There is one more reason to hate this man. Dare my sister Gal Gadot! ”…