News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by hi5eyes on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:45PM (#27002860)
last I read china owns 60-70% of bitcoins hash power?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-07/peter-thi...

China's digital yuan and accumulation of bitcoin hashing power could lead to their dominance in the online dark/gray markets

Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by larsiusprime on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:47PM (#27002877)
Which is a theory that predicts China WON’T clamp down, and further that the parent I replied to is wrong about the principal motivation?
Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by fragmede on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:53PM (#27002920)
China is not a singular monolithic entity though, and RMB -> USD conversion is heavily restricted, so both things can be true. The principle motivation for Chinese Bitcoin miners is to get USD/non-RMB fiat, while at the same time, the CCP doesn't crack down on Bitcoin mining as tacit approval of using Bitcoin as a long shot to dethrone USD globally.
Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by larsiusprime on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:08AM (#27002997)
Cool. But still, under this theory, should it become sufficiently clear crypto won’t dethrone USD, and crypto becomes enough of a way for wealth to leak out of China in a way that makes the CCP grumpy, would THAT predict a CCP clamp down on crypto? And if so, what might the thresholds and parameters be?