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There is a grand total of $2 billion per year, worldwide, to be made in Bitcoin mining. This number will probably only go down.

The Chinese economy is $11 trillion. I don't think Bitcoin mining really shows up on their radar.

Now, Bitcoin trading... that can make a dent. A single block of a few thousand Bitcoins can circulate a hundred times a year and move many billions of value out of a country. It's also far harder to detect than a mining facility.



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