Notice the difference in cleanliness between the two different countries mining operations. If you are leasing cloud mining from Genesis (Based in New York)- Its coming from the Iceland based mine. Most of the other mining pools are from the Chinese. Bitcoin has already been accepted as a currency for use totally throughout Japan, BTW. Ripple (XRP) is an altcoin that is availabe for about 18-20 cents, and is being used as a go between for international banking trasactions to speed up transaction times and reduce banking fees. China is set to adopt Ripple in the coming months, from my understanding. It cant be bought on Coinbase or Gemini. Kraken and Poloniex are selling it, but want bitcoin or Litecoin instead of US or Canadian dollars. So you must first buy Bitcoin or Litecoin, then send the coins to Poloniex or Kraken, in order to get XRP. There is also an altcoin in the works using the blockchain technology for keeping medical records secure, however Im not going to mention its name, but I could see it becoming mainstream within a few years, as all doctors have laptops in their offices now, as they go from patient to patient. Even the nurses are assigned a laptop, and it has all of your medications, test results, etc at their fingertips.