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Merits 7 from 4 users
Re: Are the Whales Control bitcoin price?
by
mk4
on 09/12/2022, 09:23:08 UTC
⭐ Merited by BlackHatCoiner (4) ,Pmalek (1) ,len01 (1) ,summonerrk (1)
but if the whales owned 51% of bitcoin, can do it?

A "whale" can move the markets to a certain extent, but it doesn't give them overall control over the markets.

Also, no "whale" owns 51% of the total supply. Most of the wallets with huge bitcoin holdings(though definitely nothing close to 51%) are exchange cold wallets.



if happen, does decentralization not exist?

Bitcoin is proof of work, not proof of stake. So even if a single person held a huge chunk of Bitcoin, that wouldn't give him special powers over the protocol.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/proof-stake-pos.asp