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Jihan Wu to Remain Lone Warrior as Bitmain Mulls Ditching Bitcoin Cash Support: Unconfirmed

Sat, 04/27/2019 - 08:57
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Yuri Molchan
?CoinGeek reports that the new CEO of Bitmain wants to be nowhere near supporting Bitcoin Cash; will Jihan Wu remain on his own?☝
Jihan Wu to Remain Lone Warrior as Bitmain Mulls Ditching Bitcoin Cash Support: Unconfirmed
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CoinGeek reports that the new top management team of the Chinese ASIC producer giant Bitmain is considering an opportunity of giving up supporting Bitcoin Cash ABC (commonly referred to as simply Bitcoin Cash, BCH) currency, thinking it to be nothing but failure.

 

Chinese whispers on Twitter

A Bitmain hater on Twitter, a user called BTCKING555, cites allegedly sources close to the new Bitmain runners and spreads the word that Bitmain, the famous producer of mining gear plans to “dial down the support” for BCHABC, stating the Micree Zhang considers it a total failure and wants to give up supporting it and switch to other projects.

As of late, the Beijing-located mining gear maker has been having not the best time ever. It has been losing its leadership in the industry, writes CoinGeek, having lost around $400 mln and its IPO efforts have been rejected.

The BCHABC platform, which Bitmain and Jihan Wu have been particularly strongly supporting after the controversial hard fork that produced Bitcoin SV with the help of the self-proclaimed Satoshi Dr Craig Wright is reportedly believed to be loss making now. As per BTCKING55, this is the opinion of the Bitmain co-founder, Micree Zhang.

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Are investors cursing Jihan Wu?

Previously, BTCKING555 tweeted that some of Bitmain’s major investors – IDG Capital, Sequoia Capital – have been calling Bitmain ‘a major disappointment’, saying that “ex-CEO Jihan [Wu] misrepresented on numbers.”

Are investors cursing Jihan Wu?

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The community’s response

Judging by the comment thread, the opinions of crypto enthusiasts have divided. Some are supporting this alleged decision of Bitmain, predicting that Bitcoin Cash hashrate will significantly drop and after Micree Zhang sells off his BCH stock, the price will collapse too.

The community’s response

 

Others demand proofs and reliable source, calling this news FUD.

The community’s response

 

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About the author

Yuri is a crypto journalist interested in technology and technical innovations. He has been in crypto since 2017. Believes that blockchain and cryptocurrencies have a potential to transform the world in the future in many of its aspects. ‘Hodls’ major cryptocurrencies and has written for multiple crypto media outlets. 

His articles have been quoted by such crypto influencers as Tyler Winklevoss, John McAfee, CZ Binance, Max Keiser, etc.

Currently Yuri is a news writer at U.Today and can be contacted at yuri.molchan@u.today.