Breakdown of active mining host IP numbers in China Q4 2021, by internet provider

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Chinese telecommunications provider China Telecom had almost 5.5 million active mining host IPs. After the government cracked down on cryptocurrency mining and trading in China, many miners left the country or implemented precautions to avoid detection by the authorities. These include joining mining pools, using VPNs, or spreading out the internet traffic of crypto mining over many IP addresses.

在2021年的第四季度，中国电信运营商中国电信拥有近550万活跃的挖矿主机IP地址。随着中国政府加大对加密货币挖矿和交易活动的打击力度，众多矿工选择离境或采取预防措施以规避当局的侦查。这些措施包括加入挖矿池、使用VPN服务或分散加密货币挖矿的网络流量至多个IP地址。