ChainCatcher news, since the first quarter of this year, Bitmain has begun to implement a structural salary reform for employees, and has introduced an "age factor" in performance evaluations, where the older the employee is above the benchmark age, the more points are deducted. Some employees believe this move violates labor laws and have stated they will take legal action to protect their rights.A Bitmain employee, Wang Wei, stated that in the latest salary adjustment plan, the original fixed salary has been changed to a base salary plus performance salary, with the performance salary linked to job levels. The performance salary ratios for job levels T3x, T4x, and T5x are 30%, 50%, and 70%, respectively. In performance evaluations, the final score is also linked to age; if the age exceeds the benchmark, points will be deducted from the performance score.According to an industry insider, Bitmain's revenue in 2022 may exceed 10 billion USD. Therefore, financial issues should not be the main reason for Bitmain's salary reform. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, recently, the founder of the Black Cat Mimic NFT series, SHHAN, responded in Chinese on the official MIMIC SHHANS Twitter to a series of questions, including discrimination against the Chinese community, misappropriation of royalties, overly centralized management, and unwillingness to provide funding for MimicDAO. SHHAN mentioned that he does not discriminate against Chinese people or the Chinese community, and that blocking some Chinese comments in the comment section is due to the need to expand into the European and American markets, making Mimic more international, but the comment section is mainly occupied by Chinese comments.In addition, SHHAN stated that the operational base of Mimic is still Discord, and the WeChat group was spontaneously established by the community. Some people accusing the "founder of having no contribution to the community" are not being objective. (source link)