第一个问题，天朝因为种种原因，是非常需要外汇的，这里说个故事，其实中美建交以后，人民币换美元比现在的1:6更高，原因是当时中国经济对美国依赖并不高（但为了收外汇，依然弄了个外汇卷，让华侨和其亲属到指定商店买进口货，当年算是土豪才能有的东西，都要拿美元换了才能买，这些北方地区朋友可能少见，南方的肯定听说过当年广州的友谊商店吧），好了，到了1989年6+4事件以后，中国被西方国家经济制裁，由于当时中国改革开放已经引进外资，经济开始出现依赖，GDP居然是每年递减的，所以才有邓小平南巡，然后将人民币汇率大跌到1:10的水平（记得不太清楚，但也离此不远）的来吸引外资，直到2000年后才慢慢回到1:7，最后到现在的1:6。

美元是公认的世界货币，而天朝为了这点，所以才要外汇管制，不许平民囤积太多(或以似乎吸引的价格让你抛售)，因为RMB一旦崩盘，这些人就会是新经济出现前的第一批富翁（正如黄金的保值，但货币比黄金更容易存放，而且方便管理），不要看RMB现在貌似坚挺，等2015年美国结束量化宽松，大量热钱流回美国你就知道了，所以外资现在都陆续抛售中国资产，李嘉诚是其一，那些买了中国银行股份的外行也是，一旦经济出现危机，中资银行并定首当其冲（单地方债就几百万亿，想象下那些靠借钱过日的国企和民企有多少），如果处理不善（中国早前已新增几家专门处理银行不良资产的国有伪投资公司），社会危机是必然的，严重的甚至可能危及政权，不是讲笑。

第二点，货币对外升值，对内贬值，在现代历史上只在80年代的日本经济起飞时期出现过，然而众所周知，在此以后日本的经济到今天来说还未恢复，这还主要归功自日本自己的根基打得好，民众够团结，换回天朝会有啥结果，这个只能自己想啦。

Yeah yeah. That's what all the guys say.

Lol J/K, but you really are right. It always amazed me how KNC was a 28nm ASIC, and yet the BitFury chips are 55nm and consumed less power (per GHs). What's the advantage of a small 28nm process if a competitors 55nm chip is more efficient, and runs cooler?

(yes, I know the actual answer of how BitFury is more efficient, but I still think it's funny).

What were those cards achieving before they went to 250GH/100%HW ?

A double Chili please...

要防洗錢 不參加國際會議？

I live in China, and trade bitcoin OTC, localbitcoins, and using btcchina.

I think this is a false rumor:  I have seen nothing to indicate that people are required to withdraw their cash by Chinese New Year.  In fact, the PBOC  (China central bank) explicitly said people can continue to trade bitcoin, but they are treating it as a "commodity" rather than a "currency".  This is actually a good thing, because use of alternative currencies is not allowed in China.

You can still buy bitcoin as usual on btcchina, but selling (convert to Chinese Yuan RMB) is "temporarily" suspended.   Note they explicitly say they will provide "other ways of recharging."  (see below)

My guess is, the suspension will be lifted in a few days, after the rules are clarified, and it will be back to normal.  I think ultimately China will go for the USA model:  try to force all trades through registered exchanges that require proof of identity and use of banks.  This will allow them to track and regulate money exchange.

If I am wrong, and bank transfers are not allowed, then it will simply force bitcoin trade underground.  It will not stop bitcoin.  People like me will make a premium selling OTC and localbitcoins to Chinese who are desperate to buy bitcoin 

The biggest users of bitcoin in China are rich guys who want to move or hide large quantities of RMB.  Bitcoin is the perfect vehicle for them, but they will use OTC trades for anonymity, anyway.

Governments and banksters are afraid of what they don't understand and can't control.  They can fight bitcoin, but bitcoin is bigger than governments, and will continue to grow regardless.

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Here is the official notice on BTC China, and translation:

亲爱的各位比特币中国(BTC China)用户：由于众所周知的原因，比特币中国(BTC China)不得不暂时停止人民币充值功能，比特币充值、比特币提现和人民币提现不受影响，比特币中国(BTC China)会继续运营。请大家继续关注我们的主页，我们会尽快提供其他的充值途径。给您带来的不便，我们在此表达深深的歉意。比特币中国(BTC China)2013.12.18

Dear bitcoin China (BTC China) users: due to well-known reasons, bitcoin China (BTC China) had to temporarily freeze the recharging function, bitcoin charging, coins and currency are not affected, bitcoin China (BTC China) will continue to operate. Please continue to focus on our home page, we will provide other means of recharging. To bring you any inconvenience, we express profound apology. Bitcoin China (BTC China) 2013.12.18

A few points to mention (I work a lot in China, so have a slightly better idea of the government's mindset than most people on this forum).

1. Do you really think the Chinese government cares about a tiny protest in a far off land?

2. Apart from the Chinese government, who (who actually matters) would hear about your protest?

3. [q]Someone just needs to tell the Chinese government that by banning Bitcoin they are losing the chance to become the next great world power.  They need to encourage everyone to purchase them or lose out on this opportunity.[/q]
By effectively banning BTC, they are saying that they can "beat" BTC.  China is all about control, and they can see that BTC could mean they lose control of their currency.  That strikes fear into the hearts of the leaders.  Besides, through currency manipulation etc. China has a very real chance of being the next great world power.

I don't want to spread FUD, but this kind of move is exactly the way to end BTC.  It will just take one or two major governments to follow China's example and it'll all be over.  To those who say that it's impossible to regulate BTC, I say "you're right".   However it's very easy to regulate transactions using BTC as well as financial exchanges between banks and BTC exchange companies.

They can use localbitcoins.com or OTC, that's the right way to do bitcoin trading IMO.

How can I go to DC? Will you pay for the ticket?

Don't blame the Chinese government, blame the panick sellers and the weak hands. Now and in the coming days there will be good buying opportunities before the usual January/February rally.

good luck

There will be blowback. The news about the crash being caused by China will be bigger than the Chinese rally a month ago.

DC?

Me and I still think that CPU mining is more profitable then any ASIC on the market...

I used the Evo 212 Cooler on over 60 Chilis, anytime I found them sitting at 28GH or so it was due to incorrect contact between the heatsink and chips and it wouldn't matter how much air you blew at it it wouldn't help.

You might be able to just fiddle with the heatsink and move it a tad without completely redoing it but sometimes this can cause worse issues.

Usually I would just undo the heatsink, clean up the padding and put a fresh one on and make sure the heatsink had perfect contact this time and it would always put it around 30-32GH.

Hope this helps!

I don't speak Chinese, but I would like to add these exchanges to http://fiatleak.com and need some help in finding the trades API for each.

Thank you.