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title: Jihan Wu
description: "Owns Bitmain and operates AntPool (one of the larger Bitcoin pools), ASIC miner manufacturer, Controversial figure along with [Roger Ver](people/roger_ver.md) as figureheads of the big-block/bitcoin-unlimited/bitcoin-cash political faction within the scaling debate"
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Twitter bio

> Co-founder of BITMAIN. Studied Economics and Psychology in Peking University.

## Links

* [@JihanWu on Twitter](https://twitter.com/JihanWu)
* 01-May-2017 Investopedia.com - [Who is Jihan Wu, and Does He Basically Control Bitcoin Today?](http://www.investopedia.com/news/who-jihan-wu-and-does-he-basically-control-bitcoin-today/)
* 26-May-2017 Twitter - ["I just read through the BIP148. Looks stupid."](https://twitter.com/JihanWu/status/868157561488367616)
* 26-Aug-2017 CoinTelegraph - [Jihan Wu of Bitmain Confident that Bitcoin Will be Valued $100,000 in 5 years](https://cointelegraph.com/news/jihan-wu-of-bitmain-confident-that-bitcoin-will-be-valued-100000-in-5-years) by Joshua Althauser