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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

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

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 Wen Stratum V2 
 Whats up with an open source mining pool repo?

@TatumTurnUp @Derek Ross 

#Poolstr 
 Hyper-KYC-coinication 😏

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 There will be chenges soon

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 This is , like, not cool man. 
 They can switch whenever they want.  
 DCG and friends have ALWAYS been an enemy of Bitcoin 
 what are these miners getting in exchange? what's incentivising them not to switch?

There are 2016 blocks every 2 weeks, surely income stability can't be a factor especially if you're a public miner and report quarterly earnings - even if you're a 1% hashrate pool that's about 262 blocks in a Q with reasonable certainty and even a chance of being lucky and getting more. 
 Yeah, although blocks there are getting scarcer by the day. I’d really like for payouts to stabilize a bit more. 
 How much would you say, someone with Zero experience in mining would need to spend to get down on this F2pool and make some profits within a year?? 
 good points.  no need to shout though 
 Where are the bitcoin heaters at?  
 Because if you're are registered business making profits and paying taxes, kyc isn't a problem. A half decent accountant will minimize your taxes, and you don't have to sneak around like a low life criminal when everything is above board.