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Re:The digital currencies that matter by kkoncevicius on Saturday May 08, 2021 @08:16AM (#27086453)
I didn't get this part:

> I got the impression that the theory was that the power was the individual. But in practise it's 65% Chinese miners?

Are Chinese miners not individuals? China has the largest population, so it's only natural that it will also have the largest fraction of miners.

Re:The digital currencies that matter by NicoJuicy on Saturday May 08, 2021 @08:59AM (#27086751)
The ones mining are corporations, not individuals.

A lot of people seem to have a short memory: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GHash.io