US Miner Concentration is a Major Threat to Bitcoin | EP 582

Around 38% of the Bitcoin hashrate is located in the USA. This makes it a potentially easy target for the American government to try to coerce the Bitcoin network for it's own political gain. Today we explore this potential weak point.

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