Already on February 25, it became known that one of the five largest pools (FlexPool) announced a complete blocking of Ether mining farms from Russia and Belarus. Then it seemed like complete nonsense, since it is enough to use a VPN to bypass it. Such actions were supported by Vitalik Buterin, who even transferred money to help Ukraine.

While the major crypto exchanges are arguing about the importance of decentralization and assuring the entire Western world that the key principles of the cryptocurrency community cannot be violated, pools are clearly controlled by US authorities.

As it became known, already yesterday, the largest Ethereum mining pool, Ethermine, limited the connection options for miners from the Russian Federation and Belarus. The reason given is an attempt to stop money laundering by Russian oligarchs. It is not entirely clear here, either all the inhabitants of the Russian Federation are considered oligarchs there, or the management of the pool is trying to find an excuse for their actions.

Isn't it interesting? All this stories about decentralization, independence and freedom. Turned out to be blatant lies.

Washington should formally recognize Taiwan as a sovereign country, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on March 4 during a speech in Taipei. He said it is an imperative move that “can no longer be ignored, avoided, or treated as secondary.”

“The United States government should immediately take necessary and long overdue steps to do the right and obvious thing—that is to offer the Republic of China [Taiwan]—America’s diplomatic recognition as a free and sovereign country,” he said in a 20-minute speech.

Pompeo, who was the top U.S. diplomat under former President Donald Trump, was invited by Taiwan think tank Prospect Foundation to give a speech at the Grand Hyatt on Friday.

Samsung is suspending deliveries of its products to Russia, Bloomberg reports citing a company statement received by the editors.

The statement said the decision was made due to "current geopolitical events." The company is actively monitoring the situation, they said.

According to a Bloomberg source, Samsung will stop deliveries ranging from chips to smartphones and consumer electronics.

“Our thoughts are with all those affected and our priority is to ensure the safety of all our employees and their families,” the statement said.

Samsung is fully controlled by US, as it had been main reason to provide them with latest ASML tech.

Starting today, NikonRumors and all sister sites will no longer be accessible for IP addresses coming from Russia.

I strongly encourage other website owners to do the same.

Such guys will give rise to new Hitler, as they think that they fight for good, but instead they blame the nation, this is Nazism.

Yes, not only telling that you are exceptional (this is near future!), but also telling that some other nation is bad.