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法官驳回比特大陆3000万美元的赔偿申诉

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北京市第一中级人民法院现已驳回比特大陆（Bitmain）要求数字货币矿池币印（Poolin）赔偿3000万美元的请求。至此这也让比特大陆与币印长达一年的官司划上了句号。

但是，该法院认定币印违反了其与比特大陆签订的协议，要求币印三位联合创始人潘志彪、李天昭和朱砝分别赔偿200,000美元、178,000美元和154,000美元。

比特大陆与币印

这场官司始于2019年4月，当时比特大陆指控币印违反了竞业禁止协议；币印的三位联合创始人此前均工作于比特大陆的矿池BTC.com，当从该公司离职时，他们签订了自2017年8月起为期24个月的竞业禁止期协议。

但是，币印在24个月期限到期之前已开始挖取数字货币，比特大陆就此起诉并在最初提出430万美元赔偿要求。当时，北京海淀区法院判决币印缴纳违反竞业禁止协议的罚款，但驳回了比特大陆的430万美元赔偿要求。

随后，比特大陆提起上诉，要求币印联合创始人赔偿3000万美元（每位联合创始人各1000万美元）。比特大陆认为3000万美元赔偿要求合情合理，理由是据说币印在竞业禁止期内获得了相应数额的收益。

法官最终驳回了比特大陆的上诉。法院判决书显示，在审理之后，法院认为比特大陆提供的证据不足以证明因币印违反竞业禁止协议而对其造成的损失达到3000万美元。但是，法院认定币印违反了竞业禁止协议，判决被告就此向其前雇主支付适当数额赔偿。

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Judge denies Bitmain $30 million in damages

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The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court has denied Bitmain the $30 million they were seeking in damages from the digital currency mining pool Poolin. This brings an end to the year-long legal battle between Bitmain and Poolin. 

The court, however, agreed that Poolin had violated its agreement with Bitmain, and is requiring the three Poolin co-founders Pan Zhibiao, Li Tianzhao, and Zhu Fa to pay $200,000, $178,000 and $154,000, in damages respectively.

Bitmain vs. Poolin

The case began in April 2019 when Bitmain accused Poolin of violating a non-compete agreement; all three of Poolin’s co-founders previously worked for Bitmain’s mining pool BTC.com, and when they left the company they signed a 24-month non-compete period agreement that began in August 2017. 

However, Poolin began mining digital currency before the 24-month period had come to an end, which led to Bitmain pressing charges and originally sought $4.3 million in damages. At the time, the lower-level Beijing Haidian District Court required Poolin’s co-founders to pay a fine for violating the non-compete agreement but denied Bitmain the $4.3 million in damages that it was seeking. 

Subsequently, Bitmain filed an appeal seeking $30 million from the Poolin co-founders ($10 million from each co-founder). Bitmain decided that $30 million was the appropriate sum of money because that is allegedly how much Poolin earned in mining revenue during the non-compete period. 

The judge ultimately denied Bitmain’s appeal. According to the court report, after review, the court believed that the evidence provided by Bitmain was insufficient when it came to proving that their business losses due to the breach of the non-compete agreement were worth the $30 million they were seeking. However, the court agreed that the non-compete agreement was broken and required the defendants to pay an applicable sum of money for violating their agreement with their former employer.

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