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December 19, 2013, 07:48:00 PM
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I am in china right now and cannot get on either BTC Guild, bitminter or Slush's pools.    But when I use a vpn and connect through HK, it works fine.
Can miners in china tell me if this has always been this way or if this is a new happening?
Many other bitcoin sites (like bitcointalk you can get to without VPN).

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December 19, 2013, 08:16:33 PM
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is this real? anyone talking about this on chinese subforum or on reddit?
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December 19, 2013, 08:21:05 PM
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Centralized pools with centralized problems.

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^ yep.

Would like some confirmation on this from people in China.

I should get a VPN there for the lols. "Fuck, now I can't do anything."

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December 19, 2013, 08:22:07 PM
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i don't like the sound of china doing sweeping blocks of btc-related sites. yes we all know they can be got around, but will the average user bother in tightly regulated sphere?
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December 19, 2013, 08:25:17 PM
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i don't like the sound of china doing sweeping blocks of btc-related sites. yes we all know they can be got around, but will the average user bother in tightly regulated sphere?

Does the average user care about freedom and technology which can help them attempt to obtain it? Probably not... but I try to keep my hopes up.
sure, that sounds all well and good.  Smiley

but i think average user there is here to make ¥
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December 19, 2013, 08:35:13 PM
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I would not panic, it is 430AM here.   Posting is to see if the locals can tell us "it has always been this way"  OR  "no, this is new".
I am hoping it has always been this way (like they block google and any press that is bad for them).

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December 19, 2013, 08:42:52 PM
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i don't like the sound of china doing sweeping blocks of btc-related sites. yes we all know they can be got around, but will the average user bother in tightly regulated sphere?

Call me crazy, but I DO like the sound of this. A government actively fighting bitcoin really makes a better story than what we have right now; A lot of hmming and hawinging, generalized statements twisted into endorsements or rebuffs against bitcoin, talks of regulation, legal grey areas, etc. Plus we can't really win without a fight. The fact that it's a very large government who may be the first to engage means garaunteed fireworks. If (when) bitcoin takes off while the battle rages on, the government will clearly be the bad guy, as they blocked their people from prosperity under the guise of  ensuring "safety".  We know they can't stop it. Why wouldn't you want to see them try?
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December 19, 2013, 08:45:32 PM
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can be just a normal DNS bug and get resolved in some hours
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December 19, 2013, 08:47:31 PM
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can be just a normal DNS bug and get resolved in some hours
maybe for one site, but all three?
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December 19, 2013, 08:49:37 PM
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can be just a normal DNS bug and get resolved in some hours
maybe for one site, but all three?
if all three are on the same anti-ddods-cloud-provider or something which puts them on one provider
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December 19, 2013, 08:56:48 PM
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china government can control there isps didnt you know

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December 19, 2013, 09:00:34 PM
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are the sites down for everyone, or truly blocked? I suppose the great firewall isnt new to Chinese folk, i couldnt imagine needing to mine over a VPN tho.

edit: http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=btcguild.com

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December 19, 2013, 09:01:24 PM
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i don't like the sound of china doing sweeping blocks of btc-related sites. yes we all know they can be got around, but will the average user bother in tightly regulated sphere?

Bitcoin in China is over.  I think most of us have already baked this into our price.

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December 19, 2013, 09:05:47 PM
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If this is true it will bring down the difficulty a lot,  right?
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December 19, 2013, 09:08:53 PM
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http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=btcguild.com
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=bitminter.com
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=mining.bitcoin.cz

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December 19, 2013, 09:55:27 PM
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If this is true it will bring down the difficulty a lot,  right?
I don't think so.

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December 19, 2013, 10:56:59 PM
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i believe that site only tests port 80 & 8080 (standard http ports). mining uses other ports
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December 20, 2013, 01:11:40 AM
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I do not believe that site does crap because at the office, where they comply with local internet rules, I cannot still get on these pools.   But at the hotel I can and the hotel is using a VPN to HK.

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December 20, 2013, 01:16:51 AM
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I do not believe that site does crap because at the office, where they comply with local internet rules, I cannot still get on these pools.   But at the hotel I can and the hotel is using a VPN to HK.
this has been an issue before, or no?
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December 20, 2013, 03:10:10 AM
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this has been an issue before, or no?
That is the whole purpose of the post.  I wanted some locals to say whether it has always been this way or not.   I do not know because we have never tried to point at a pool until now (we wanted to get some good reads on HR and errors).

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