@Woodie, please don't post news like this, it may have been relevant a few years ago, but given everything that has happened in China, why emphasize something that no longer makes sense - you killed something, so how many more times do you need to do the same? The fact that it was proposed in 2019 (although much earlier as a proposal) means that it was only a matter of time before it would happen.
Elimination recommended: On Monday, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)—China's top economic planning agency—published an update to its list of industrial activities it has categorized as encouraged, restricted, or eliminated. According to the South China Morning Post, cryptocurrency mining, the resource-intensive process that most public blockchain networks use to record new transactions, was included among the industries to be eliminated immediately. The government supposedly sees it polluting and energy-wasting.