US vs. China: The 20 MB Miner War That Could Destroy Bitcoin (Op-Ed)
The world’s two largest economies; two of the three most populated countries on earth; much more importantly: the world’s two largest Bitcoin mining communities locking horns in a struggle for power and control over the Bitcoin blockchain. The Far East versus the West; the United States versus China: a classic battle of global superpowers that may not have a winner, but may take the world’s first global currency down in the digital crossfire. The issue of Bitcoin block size is coming to a head within a matter of days. Could a battle over block size between Western businesses and Eastern....
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