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Re:Bitcoin surges in Zimbabwe after military seize power by JetSpiegel on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @04:11PM (#15707845)
> Bitcoin is too big for a few "whales" to have a sizable effect on major price trends

But small enough to have miner pools controlling 50% of the hash rate.

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Re:Bitcoin surges in Zimbabwe after military seize power by lend000 on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @04:12PM (#15707855)
True for some altcoins, but not Bitcoin. You can see the hash rates here: https://blockchain.info/pools

And even then, most pools are largely decentralized and heterogeneous -- controversial political/technical changes by the pool owner would absolutely trigger an exodus of hashrate from the pool. (As happened during the BTC/BCH fork.)

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