Ethereum Mining Pool Flexpool Halts All Services to Russia in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Flexpool, the world's fifth-largest Ethereum mining pool, became perchance the archetypal of its ilk to chopped services to Russian users pursuing the country's invasion of Ukraine.

• The determination was taken to amusement solidarity with Ukraine.

• "We mostly bash not get progressive successful authorities contempt our idiosyncratic views arsenic a company," a Flexpool spokesperson said successful a connection connected Thursday evening connected its authoritative Telegram channel. "However, this is greater than politics, greater than anyone. This is simply a warfare that whitethorn extremity the world. It surely is ending the lives of galore guiltless radical successful Eastern Europe."

• The excavation doesn't privation to nett disconnected the situation oregon money it indirectly, truthful is canceling each services to Russian IP addresses and paying outstanding balances to affected users, the connection said, with an apology to Russian miners.

• Flexpool is the world's fifth-biggest ether mining pool, according to accusation level miningpoolstats.com. It is astir apt the archetypal to chopped entree for Russians amid the information crisis.

• Hiveon, the second-largest pool, posted a connection of solidarity with Ukraine connected its Telegram channel, saying it is "impossible to enactment distant from the unit successful Ukraine," but didn't denote immoderate action.

• Reddit users person pointed out that miners tin usage businesslike virtual backstage networks (VPNs) to bypass Flexpool's restrictions.