Hashflare Disables Bitcoin Mining Contracts, Shuts Down
Hashflare, one of the largest cloud-based mining service has shut down Bitcoin mining contracts. In an official statement, Hashflare stated that they would disable their mining hardware and would effectively terminate all SHA-256 based mining contracts.
The company said:
“BTC mining continues being unprofitable, in light of which we would like to inform you that on 18.07.2018 we were forced to start disabling SHA hardware and today, on 20.07.2018, stop the mining service of active SHA-256 contracts in accordance with clause 5.5 of our Terms of Service”
The company said that for over a month the mining profits were lower than the maintenance fee resulting in no compensation to users who bought their mining contracts. Even though they stated that they tried various technical solutions, the bear market and the instability surrounding the eco-system are allegedly the reasons for the lack of profits for customers.
The terms of service state that “if mining remains unprofitable for 21 consecutive days the Service is permanently terminated”
Hashflare hasn’t mentioned what they would do regarding the funds that were present in user accounts prior to the cancellation of their contracts leading to a lot of outrage and the suspicion of the whole ordeal being an exit scam.
On July 19th, Hashflare announced that customers on the platform would have to perform a KYC/AML.
They stated:
“We are always attentive to existing international standards and regulations and the current update is aimed at ensuring compliance with KYC/AML standards. In order to provide our services we are periodically required to identify users on our platform.
Bitcoin mining difficulty has increased about 117% recently in comparison to the end of November 2017.