Non-solicitation and non-compete agreement with Bitfury
Company: Cipher Mining
The claim, verbatim
Bitfury, Cipher's sole stockholder, agreed not to hire or solicit Cipher Mining Inc. employees, not to compete with Cipher Mining Inc., and not to disparage Cipher Mining Inc. during the term of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement.
Source (primary)
Cipher Mining 10-Q filed 2021-08-10 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “Bitfury agreed, during the term of the agreement and subject to the parameters and limitations set forth in the agreement, not to hire or solicit Cipher Mining Inc.'s employees, not to compete with Cipher Mining Inc. and not to disparage Cipher Minin”
How we checked this
Checked on September 22, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document identifies Bitfury Top Holdco B.V. as Cipher's sole stockholder and describes the non-solicit, non-compete, and non-disparage terms of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement.
Confirmed in the source:
- Bitfury is identified as Cipher's sole stockholder
- Bitfury agreed not to hire or solicit Cipher Mining Inc.'s employees, not to compete with Cipher Mining Inc., and not to disparage Cipher Mining Inc. under the Restrictive Covenant Agreement
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000121390021041397/f10q0621_goodworks.htm) in full (117,489 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Cipher Mining 10-Q filed 2021-08-10
Quote: “Bitfury agreed, during the term of the agreement and subject to the parameters and limitations set forth in the agreement, not to hire or solicit Cipher Mining Inc.'s employees, not to compete with Cipher Mining Inc. and not to disparage Cipher Minin”