Sources:
https://www.coindesk.com/china-scraps-plan-to-categorize-bitcoin-mining-as-industry-to-be-eliminatedhttps://static.coindesk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bitcoin-yun-860x430.jpg Another topic regarding this:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/china-backtracks-stance-on-cryptocurrency-mining-after-new-guidance-document-5199187Before, the China National Development and Reform Commission (CNDR) tried to categorize the industry of bitcoin to be banned from their country. It was included in their catalog (pertaining to industries needed to be banned) that virtual currency and mining activities should be phased out in their country.
The initial draft of the catalog states that "Virtual Currency mining" particularly bitcoin mining should be eliminated, thus recommending local governments to scrap bitcoin mining out of their industry. Now, there's a sudden turn table in their decision:
during the press conference on Wednesday, the catalog received 2500 suggestions concerning bitcoin mining, and most of it was taken into consideration.
Here's my point of view: 1. Since China holds half of the bitcoin's global hash power (according to
https://www.coindesk.com/china-scraps-plan-to-categorize-bitcoin- mining-as-industry-to-be-eliminated), the service that bitcoin provides will not just retain, but also be further develop in the future as China will not put restrictions to bitcoin mining. Thus, will let cryptocurrency mining more efficient.
2. Inducing Market Adoption - China scrapping their plan to eliminate bitcoin mining to their country will enable their people to trust bitcoin even more, and will lead to much better bitcoin adoption that will not affect their country, but also the whole world.
3. Great control to Cryptocurrency - Regarding the news, reducing the resistance for mining industry will entail china to have a great control over the hash power of crypto. As a result, more control to cryptocurrency.
It is evident that even big a country with restriction to cryptocurrency and mining is now in favor and showing support to crypto. There are better future that awaits us in crypto space and we should be knowledgeable about that.
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The truth be told, the government of China has never made any formal announcement regarding the ban of Bitcoin mining in China. People will just spreading FUDs which they thought could cause and bring the downfall of Bitcoin and prevent people from adopting to the use of Bitcoin since it is believed that China produces the highest hash rate of the bitcoin network and the ban of Bitcoin mining will cause the network to collapse. But there hasn't been any evidence to back this FUD.