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RE: Leaked Documents: China wants an orderly exit from Bitcoin Mining

in #bitcoin7 years ago (edited)

If what you say is true, taking count of all the chinese involvement in mining would make sense and is a smart move of them, it's clear from my perspective that POW has no future and they seem to think ahead. Perhaps this is good and will influence the bitcoin community to eventually opt for something less energy consuming.
Also, perhaps it would be better for bitcoin to have developers from different parts of the world, including china, that way we can avoid having them all bought off that easily.

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PoW has its legitimacy​ and will have a future, in my opinion. When you look towards the characteristics of money you will find out that PoS, PoA, etc... is good for other things. Hayek predicted in the 70s that there will be a natural competition between these exchangeable​ goods.

Decentralisation is the key. They can cut off the energy and network - Miners will find their way. If this happens with renewable energy - great! - maybe regulation is better than expected. Protection of scarce resources​ is a good move I guess.