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Re:Why China is leading the global rise of Bitcoin by hayksaakian on Monday November 18, 2013 @05:33PM (#6757677)
The real question is: can then even do anything about a decentralized currency?
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Re:Why China is leading the global rise of Bitcoin by wmf on Monday November 18, 2013 @05:57PM (#6757913)
China drove up the exchange rate 3x; what makes you think they couldn't drive it right back down?
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Re:Why China is leading the global rise of Bitcoin by JSZZHlmumeUE on Monday November 18, 2013 @10:14PM (#6759031)
The chinese govt has plenty of engineers and plenty of IC fabs. They are in the best position, even more so than the US govt, to execute the 51% attack.
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Re:Why China is leading the global rise of Bitcoin by cmelbye on Monday November 18, 2013 @08:59PM (#6758740)
Block it from the Great Firewall?
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