Why Did China Ban Bitcoin Mining? Here Are The Seven Leading Theories
One of 2021’s biggest stories was the China ban on Bitcoin mining. On one hand, the news affected Bitcoin’s price and gave ammunition to the nay-sayers that think that governments will outlaw Bitcoin. On the other, the network kept working without a hiccup, recovered its hashrate in record time, and gained in decentralization. However, a question remained. Why did China exclude itself from this very lucrative activity in which they were dominating? As Bitcoin entrepreneur John Carvalho not-so-eloquently put it, “I refuse to believe that China is stupid.” There has to be a reason, even if....
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Bitcoin mining took a big hit when the Chinese authorities commenced a crackdown on crypto mining. This had led to an exodus of miners out of China. Which had been the world’s headquarters of mining at the time. Over 70% of the entire mining in the world is carried out in China before the crackdown […]
The bitcoin story in China sounds like a mini-metaphor for the Chinese economy itself: while the rest of the world was looking elsewhere, its citizens worked to acquire vast amounts of new wealth before bursting into the headlines only recently as a superpower. As of this November, China is home to the world's largest-volume bitcoin exchange (BTC China), some of the largest mining operations, and could well be leading the global rise of bitcoin. It was in May that China surpassed all other countries with 84,000 bitcoin wallet downloads, a world record few noticed. Then came a half hour....
John McAfee's new mining facility currently being set up in the State of Washington may be the answer to growing Chinese dominance of the Bitcoin network. China has always been considered as a threat in the capitalistic economic system. The world’s largest country in terms of population has been blamed for eating into the jobs as it continues to be a favored manufacturing destination for many companies across the world. The Asian country has now gained a strong foothold in the Bitcoin sector as well. An analysis of leading Bitcoin mining pools shows that over 51 percent of the total....