Re:CEO of a top Bitcoin exchange warns: crackdown on cryptoc...
by prox on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:45PM
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Indeed, not an expert... but what is a state actor stopping form putting extraordinary resources (say NSA for instance) in mining and minting to gain an advantage? And how bad is that?
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Re:CEO of a top Bitcoin exchange warns: crackdown on cryptoc...
by throwaway6734 on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:00PM
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It wouldn't even need to be just mining. I'm assuming there have to be at least a few zero days present on the asics at large miners. Just mucking up the network enough to scare enough people to panic sell could cause massive chaos.