Internet access in Kazakhstan, although slightly back to normal, does not seem to be sufficient to bring crypto mining in this country completely online.
As we have previously reported, internet access was cut off in the country after protests for the price hike, which resulted in more than 100 deaths and thousands of injuries. Although it is reported that internet access has been brought to almost full capacity as of Monday, this is not enough to make crypto mining completely online, according to data from internet tracker NetBlocks. NetBlocks research director Işık Mater told the Forkast team:
BTC after internet outage in Kazakhstan that started last week. According to data from com, hashrate rates in major mining pools such as AntPool, Poolin and Binance Pool dropped significantly. As it is known, the country became the second largest country in terms of hash rate after the USA, with the immigration of miners fleeing from China to the country.