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#547: Balaji Srinivasan — Centralized China vs Decentralized World, The DeFi Matrix, Ascending vs Descending Trends, Bitcoin Mining as Energy Storage, Reputational Civil War, and Maximalism vs. Optimalism

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Chinese Crypto Interference and Its Impact on Bitcoin Network

The Chinese government was speculated to interfere with the Bitcoin network by blocking at the firewall level but allowing mining to continue. However, the worst-case scenario happened when China banned mining entirely, causing a significant drop in the hash rate. This move highlighted China's disregard for civil liberties and contract law, impacting the computational speed of the Bitcoin network and its security.

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