Other countries that hate Bitcoin will follow China's ban on mining if it is successful. This makes a good reasoning for research and tests on low energy forms of mining like Proof of Space and Time and Proof of Capacity. The wasteful use of electricity must stop.
Well, do you think that it is really the main reason why China is banning it??Its just being said to the public so that people will use the CCP's own digital currency which is the Digital Yuan than Bitcoin.
In reality, the CCP just want to use their authority and wants everything in their country to be controlled by them including this thing. They've tried it on 2017 but they failed badly and now they are doing it again. I don't think that they will be successful on this one though and I don't think too that more anti-Bitcoin countries will support them.
And on this "war on Bitcoin" (lol!) topic, I'll come with the fresh news: Chinese Public Firm to Buy $155M of Bitcoin Mining Hardware
Well, a company shows support in Bitcoin Mining base on this article. Might this war declaration a FUD though 
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