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Tuesday, December 03, 2019

China Blocks Etherscan

An indication of the beginning of global regulation of accessibility of 'intelligent' applications.

China’s Internet Firewall Has Blocked Access to Ethereum Block Explorer Etherscan.io in Coindesk

China's Great Firewall, used by the government to regulate access to foreign internet sites, has blocked one of the most popular sources of ethereum blockchain data.

As of Tuesday, etherscan.io, one of the longest-running and most widely used ethereum block explorers, was inaccessible from IP addresses inside mainland China, based on tests performed locally.

The change appears to be recent. According to Greatfire.org, which compiles and monitors a database of sites that are blocked inside China, etherscan.io was still accessible with "no censorship detected" as of Aug. 18, 2019.   .... " 

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