{"id":64366,"date":"2018-07-02T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=64366"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:00:39","slug":"john-mcafee-declares-total-war-on-the-hidden-hand-of-exchange-centralization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/john-mcafee-declares-total-war-on-the-hidden-hand-of-exchange-centralization\/","title":{"rendered":"John McAfee Declares Total War on the Hidden Hand of Exchange Centralization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/john-mcafee\/\">John McAfee<\/a> took aim at the centralized cryptocurrency exchange paradigm this week, firing a salvo of warlike tweets at 9th-highest ranked crypto exchange HitBTC and calling for a boycott of the platform.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee\u2019s rage against the exchange began on June 28, 2018, when the idiosyncratic security expert retweeted a post calling out the Hong Kong-based platform, highlighting the fact that the current market model is controlled by centralized exchange platforms that resemble the oligarchic structures that the blockchain revolution is designed to supplant:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The crypto exchanges have become the thing that we have originally fought against. Their power is immense. Hitbtc, for example, has increased suffering for millions of poor people who cannot afford the minimum buy-in since it is greater than their monthly income. Boycott them.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1012330185872564224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>McAfee Wants You to Fight for Decentralization<\/h2>\n<p>McAfee\u2019s all-out assault on HitBTC appears to originate from a tweet originally posted by a McAfee executive team member, which was subsequently retweeted by McAfee with a call to arms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Crypto World must stand together before moving forward! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sgvUU81hGL\">https:\/\/t.co\/sgvUU81hGL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1012556054109065216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The core issue appears to be the amount of leverage HitBTC holds over its user base. Blockchain cybersecurity platform Hacken recently launched <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoexchangeranks.com\">Crypto Exchange Ranks<\/a>, which ranks exchanges based on liquidity, compliance and reliability, public opinion, and more. CER ranks public opinion of HitBTC with a rating of 4.18, the seventh-worst platform of all exchanges tracked.<\/p>\n<p>The highly negative community response to HitBTC appears to be partly due to ongoing withdrawal and deposit issues that are reported extensively throughout the cryptocurrency community. The HitBTC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/hitbtc\/\">subreddit<\/a> \u2014 an indicator of community response to any given blockchain platform \u2014 largely consists of inexplicably locked accounts, withdrawal failure reports, and ongoing support issues.<\/p>\n<p>McAfee, however, appears to be ready to take the fight against shady exchange practices beyond exchange review platforms, declaring himself nemesis to HitBTC until the platform is able to provide that it is aligned with the cryptocurrency community at large:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hitbtc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hitbtc<\/a> I will be your worst enemy until you prove that you are aligned with our community and are truly interested in helping the poor. You have not done shit to help access the only free healthcare in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1012570567864717313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Centralized vs. Decentralized Exchanges<\/h2>\n<p>While McAfee\u2019s campaign against HitBTC is currently limited to social media, the renegade security expert raises a highly valid point regarding the centralized architecture that drives the most highly-trafficked exchanges in use within the current cryptocurrency market paradigm:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I fired the first shot in the war that must be fought. Our exchanges are connected to our banks and our governments. To take down the entire system, we must first take down our exchanges. Distributed exchanges are coming. I have singled out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hitbtc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hitbtc<\/a> becase they are the worst.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/1012955601972932613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The exchange wars, according to McAfee, are only just beginning. Until widespread cryptocurrency adoption occurs and it\u2019s possible to pay for goods and services directly with cryptocurrencies, exchanges function as a bottleneck through which intangible cryptocurrency can be converted into tangible real-world value.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrencies may hold unlimited inherent value, but as long as the value transfer bridge between the digital and physical realm is restricted by centralized platforms, a blockchain revolution will fail before it materializes. Any centralized exchange is susceptible to the influence of the legacy power structures that are threatened by cryptocurrencies, and are thus antithetical to blockchain technology itself.<\/p>\n<p>Decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, promise to liberate the cryptocurrency market from the influence of \u201ctrusted\u201d third parties by allowing market participants to trade in a truly distributed peer to peer manner. While DEXs currently have their own issues \u2014 notably, they can\u2019t offer crypto-to-fiat \u2014 they do solve many of the issues present within the current market and are essential to the future of blockchain innovation.<\/p>\n<p>DEXs hold the potential to completely eliminate the ongoing manipulation present within the current crypto market and provide a solution to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/the-final-frontier-of-crypto-decentralization-dexs-the-liquidity-problem\/\">liquidity problem<\/a>, but the most important benefit decentralized exchanges offer is that they are completely outside of the influence of centralized power structures:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Decentralized exchanges are the wave of the future. They can never be shut down by governments or any regulatory agency.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John McAfee (@officialmcafee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmcafee\/status\/959090365776220160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McAfee took aim at the centralized cryptocurrency exchange paradigm this week, firing a salvo of warlike tweets at 9th-highest ranked crypto exchange HitBTC and calling for a boycott of the platform. 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