{"id":55629,"date":"2022-01-10T17:07:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55629"},"modified":"2025-09-04T02:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:31:44","slug":"mining-data-centres-in-kazakhstan-resume-operations-as-internet-access-is-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/mining-data-centres-in-kazakhstan-resume-operations-as-internet-access-is-restored\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining data centres in Kazakhstan resume operations as internet access is restored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Practically all Kazakhstan&#8217;s legal mining data-centres have resumed operations, ForkLog reported, citing Alan Dorzhiev, head of the National Association of Blockchain and Data-Centre Industry of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the internet situation in the country had significantly improved\u2014connections were becoming available in many regions. In this context, many data-centres involved in cryptocurrency mining are once again operating normally, Dorzhiev noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to NetBlocks, on January 10 internet connectivity in Kazakhstan was substantially <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1480385200785870849\">restored<\/a>, but problems later returned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kazakhstan?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kazakhstan<\/a>&#8216;s internet shutdown continues as of Monday afternoon amidst protests and political turmoil. Earlier today, some users briefly came online for the first time in five days, while many in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NurSultan?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NurSultan<\/a> remain connected.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Background: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Op5GwzXKbh\">https:\/\/t.co\/Op5GwzXKbh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nyibh7eL7P\">pic.twitter.com\/nyibh7eL7P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NetBlocks (@netblocks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1480455053701955585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-text-wrappers-update-2 article_update\"><time class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_time\">January 10, 2022 | 16:16<\/time><span class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_head\">Update: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Experts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1480542956255956994\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netblocks\/status\/1480542956255956994\">reported<\/a> near-total internet shutdown restoration in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Representatives from NetBlocks said that the internet restoration in Kazakhstan is \u201climited, unpredictable and does not meet the stability requirements needed for mining cryptocurrencies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that residents in many cities still have trouble getting online.<\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?15\" data-telegram-post=\"zatelecom\/20139\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Internet shutdowns in Kazakhstan began in early January amid a wave of protests.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, last week Bitcoin mining hash rate in Kazakhstan <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-hashrate-dips-amid-kazakhstan-internet-shutdown\">fell by 12%<\/a>. On January 10, this figure dropped to 2.2%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2022\/01\/10\/major-mining-pools-bitcoin-hashrate-nears-recovery-as-kazakhstans-internet-is-partially-restored\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of writing, the aggregate computational power of the network stood at 173 EH\/s, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/btc.com\/\">BTC.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, amid tightening rhetoric by Chinese authorities toward cryptocurrencies, many miners <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/how-kazakhstans-proposed-extra-charge-on-mining-could-deter-chinese-miners-migration\">migrated to Kazakhstan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In October, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the country became <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/us-takes-the-lead-in-bitcoin-hashrate-share\">one of the world leaders in Bitcoin hash rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In autumn 2021, Kazakh authorities warned of rising electricity consumption and possible shortages, and proposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kazakhstan-authorities-propose-restricting-miners-to-address-electricity-shortages\">limit the energy consumption of mining data-centres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, some <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/miners-begin-leaving-kazakhstan-amid-power-supply-problems\">miners began leaving the country<\/a> in search of other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practically all Kazakhstan&#8217;s legal mining data-centres have resumed operations, ForkLog reported, citing Alan Dorzhiev, head of the National Association of Blockchain and Data-Centre Industry of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,153],"class_list":["post-55629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-kazakhstan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55631,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55629\/revisions\/55631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}