Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated after 14 yrs

Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by adastra22 on Saturday July 05, 2025 @11:45PM (#44477654)

Changing global politics (e.g. allowing the complete decryption of diplomatic messages) has a value and magnitude of impact that is not easily measured in dollar terms.

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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by jjmarr on Sunday July 06, 2025 @02:25PM (#44482920)

Assuming you're just some random person and not the govt, why would you care?

Everyone will switch to one-time pads if you released it publicly. And you'd have to be very patriotic to give it secretly to the government.

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Re:Eight dormant Satoshi-era Bitcoin wallets reactivated aft... by adastra22 on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:56PM (#44492285)

I’ve spent the last 15 years working in cryptography. I’m now running a startup making quantum computers. I know my customers :)

Switching to one-time-pads is easier said than done. Upgrading to PQC will be complicated and difficult, and there is a lot of recorded historical messages.

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