It's no secret that the majority of Bitcoin's miners are located in China, with the geographical centralization of this mining power being a go-to critique for the cryptocurrency's critics.
This sentiment was recently echoed by Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who explained in a recent interview with CNN's Julia Chatterley that the heavy concentration of miners within this country is a point of failure for both Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Prominent Bitcoin advocates have been quick to rebuke Garlinghouse's critique of the Bitcoin blockchain, also citing that the numbers he references are categorically false.
Ripple CEO bashes Bitcoin, claims China controls BTC blockchain.
In a recent interview, Garlinghouse echoed a fairly widespread critique of Bitcoin, claiming that China controls the BTC blockchain due to the heavy concentration of miners within the country.
"China controls the Bitcoin blockchain. There are four miners in China that represent the 60%+ of mining capacity and 80% of mining capacity is based in China for Bitcoin and Ether."
This sentiment isn't fully unwarranted, as the Bitcoin mining industry in China is booming, with major Chinese companies including Bitmain, Canaan, Bitfury, and Hut8 all accounting for a significant amount of the BTC blockchain's hashrate.
Following Garlinghouse's comments, some prominent Bitcoin advocates were quick to note that it is inaccurate to say that China controls the BTC blockchain, as they tried and failed to do so during the B2X blockchain hard fork in 2017.
Tuur Demeester, a well-respected Bitcoin advocate, spoke about this in a recent tweet, also explaining that some of the numbers that the Ripple CEO references are inaccurate and over-inflated.
"This is why studying Bitcoin's history is so important. Chinese miners tried and failed to control the Bitcoin blockchain in 2017, but in reality never changed one iota of the code. Also, a mining pool =/= a miner, and only ~60% of total hashrate is in China."
Ripple CEO blasts concentration of Bitcoin miners in China, but his critique misses the mark
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