Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners Heats up

Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by mperham on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:36PM (#21820246)

First Russia with nginx just a few days ago, now this.

I'm starting to think despotic regimes are bad.

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by geogra4 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:59PM (#21820774)

As if any other country is better.

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by blake1 on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @08:08PM (#21820818)

Surely you’re trolling. This is not the place for it because, by any objective measure, despotic regimes are worse places to live.

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by james_s_tayler on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @08:28PM (#21820917)

Unless you're the despot. In which case they are the best place to live.

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by ineedasername on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @09:31PM (#21821226)

Except for the tendency for despots to be violently overthrown (relative to non despotic countries at least)

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by james_s_tayler on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:57PM (#21821637)

Good while it lasts though.

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by pcwalton on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:08AM (#21821984)

Would you trade places with Kim Jong-un? I sure wouldn't.

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Re:Bitmain Rival’s Founder Arrested as War of Crypto Miners ... by throwaway122kk on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @09:15PM (#21821143)

First reply to a comment about Russia is a whataboutism, shock

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