> Would this NSA capability tell them how much compute capacity China has as result of being the world center of bitcoin mining? Would it tell them whether this

> Would this NSA capability tell them how much compute capacity China has as result of being the world center of bitcoin mining? Would it tell them whether this capability could repurposed? I suspect the answer is yes, and also that they monitor bitcoin mining rates to see if large bitcoin miners in adversarial countries suddenly disappear.