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To: oblomov

“Hint: you actually have to know what you are talking regarding crypto to be persuasive.”

How about a cryptanalyst having worked within the NSA? Would that credential move you or do you really feel you’ve got something in bitcoin? I mean, nerds believe EMP is going to destroy the world the same way other nerds believe in globull warming and “crypto currencies”.

Hint: My screen name is my profession.


45 posted on 06/15/2018 9:58:40 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad

I have graduate degrees in mathematics. I understand the math, all of it, behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.

If you believe the algorithms employed are flawed, then provide as much technical detail as you wish.

I don’t see why the current global banking system isn’t any more susceptible to EMP attack than cryptocurrency.

If your objection is something else, then explicate it rather than simply appealing to authority.

To be honest, I can’t understand why conservatives and libertarians would object to the idea of cryptocurrency. What could be a better attack on statism than having a competing non-state currency? I know quite a few that are opposed to it, and typically it is because they are older and personally or professionally invested in the status quo. I am 50 years old, and have for many years pursued alternative and semi-exotic investments, to great success.


46 posted on 06/15/2018 10:19:48 AM PDT by oblomov
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