this is more designed to remove the little guys from the equation, before they make strategic partnerships with the majors (bitmain). notice how long it took to hear about regulation concerning miners; the ico ban, and subsequent bitcoin ban were very immediate in comparison. there is also the issue of the little guys burning the fuck down because they are fond of cutting corners. this should eliminate the majority of that, and allow them to pre sell the surplus power they produce to the majors, who will convert it directly to profit
There are so many in the whole world that would love to have their probability of getting bitcoin with their mining go higher. There's plenty of worldwide competition keeping the network secure with high hash power that if China is out of equation, things will operate just fine with Bitcoin.
"Bitcoin Surges Above $4400 As World Realizes Jamie Dimon &
China Don't Matter"
Bitcoin just topped $4400 for the first time since in over 3 weeks and has now erased all of the plunge losses from Jamie Dimon's "it's a fraud" and China's shuttering of all local exchanges.
It didn't take long for the world of crypto-currencies to shrug off Jamie Dimon's self-tighteous denigration of the decentralized currency that could directly 'disrupt' his cash cow businesses; and furthermore, as The South China Morning Post reports, China's bitcoin market alive and well as traders defy crackdown.
Although the crackdown has dissuaded large swathes of less-experienced investors from participating in the trade, market participants point to the limits Chinese regulators ultimately face in controlling the industry, where many users are anonymous and difficult to track.
In the short-run, the crackdown has also created an arbitrage opportunity for investors, with the price of bitcoin in China now trading at a discount to overseas exchanges.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-01/bitcoin-surges-above-4400-world-realizes-jamie-dimon-china-dont-matterChina mining ban = more for the rest of us, hooray...
Any government ban on any Bitcoin activity in which their citizens
actually comply, will be a detriment to her country's peoples as all others in the world will move up in wealth leaving her (banned) country's peoples behind. It is a reason to weep and feel sad for those people.
Bitcoin has hit escape velocity 4 years ago in 2013, at this point, even if China, USA, Russia, India all get together and announce universal ban on Bitcoin, it still do near-nothing to stop adoption, strengthening and increase of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin has been banned all over the world by all big banks in nearly all countries since 2013 (for over 4-years) and the banks have completely failed at stopping Bitcoin. Just try to do a bank transaction say its for "Bitcoin" and watch your transaction be blocked for review.
Everyone in all countries are still finding a way to get Bitcoins. They simply never say "Bitcoin" when dealing with banks. People are smart.Bitcoin has freed, continuing to free, and tomorrow will still free many people globally from the centrally controlled debt-based fiat system that confiscates your wealth with inflation and tax. Bitcoin is a TRUE savings vehicle. Buying Real Estate, Hospital healthcare, Global traveling, College Education gets cheaper as you hold Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is about 1% adopted by world by now and in a few years it'll be easily 2% to 3% adopted.