{"id":"tp-8734","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Bitcoin (BTC) adoption could cause society to ‘shrink and self-explode,’ warns Chinese economist","author":"Mark Jason Alcala","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/insights/8734","datePublished":"2021-05-31T06:04:04.000Z","dateModified":"2021-05-31T06:04:04.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"A Chinese critic set himself apart by painting the gloomiest picture yet by stating that “We’re all going to die” and the society could “shrink and self-explode” once the crypto becomes widely used.","section":"Insights & Views","references":[{"title":"Bitcoin.com","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/chinese-economist-if-bitcoin-is-widely-adopted-were-all-going-to-die-this-is-not-a-joke/"},{"title":"Richard von Glahn","url":"https://ideas.repec.org/a/cup/jechis/v56y1996i02p429-454_01.html"},{"title":"British Museum’s","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/F3oFoFDuTx-rzhCkCL9_BA"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}