China May Be Disrupting Access to Major Bitcoin Websites
The Chinese government may be moving to suppress bitcoin adoption by limiting access to popular industry websites such as Blockchain, BTC-e and Coinbase, sources say. The reports follow the revelation that the Chinese government had sought to limit domestic media coverage ahead of last week's Beijing-based conference Global Bitcoin Summit, and that more extensive press restrictions have been implemented domestically. Speaking to CoinDesk, Bitcoin Foundation board member-elect and BTC China CEO Bobby Lee confirmed that local web users had reported difficulty accessing certain popular....
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Specific Crypto Web Portals Are Currently Inaccessible in China
One thing the world knows is that China likes to censor the internet and via the combination of....