Or "He ... still actually has a bunch of mining capacity hidden away somewhere."
Oh. Would you look at that. Turns out that he did.
You dont like theymos much, do you? LOL
Relevance? Never met theymos, so I don't have any basis upon which to like or dislike him or her.
I was just pointing out that theymos' blanket statement was erroneous.
Anyone can control bitcoin if they have enough money and the desire to do it. But who is stupid enough and has that much money to throw away? hash power=money.
In my experience, stupid people rarely amass much money. Lacking knowledge of the contrary, I would venture to speculate that an incidence of a stupid person amassing enough money to steer a $100B market is unprecedented.