Computer Scientist Drops Bombshell: Bitcoin Could Fall To Nation-State Attacks
According to comments from longtime researcher and computer scientist Nick Szabo, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are trust-minimized, not trustless, and that difference matters for how states and private actors can push back. Related Reading: Crypto Over Dollars: Belarus Makes Mining A National Priority Szabo warned that while the layer one of a strong trust-minimized system […]
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A connection between the late computer scientist, Hal Finney, and Dorian Nakamoto could hold the answer to the creator of Bitcoin’s identity. The identity of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been the cause of much speculation since the cryptocurrency was created. This has especially been the case in recent weeks after Craig Wright claimed to be the man himself. An oft-overlooked connection between the late computer scientist, Hal Finney, and Dorian Nakamoto, born Satoshi, could hold the answer. Hal Finney. Hal Finney was a computer scientist and pre-Bitcoin....
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In a keynote titled “After Voltaire: The Next Evolution of Cardano,” Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, unveiled an ambitious roadmap that could see the blockchain ecosystem running a nation-state by 2030. Hoskinson envisions this nation-state as a substantial entity, potentially serving tens of millions of people. We as an ecosystem have to make a […]
A new Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) report argues that nation-state engagement with Bitcoin has moved beyond legal-tender experiments into a broader set of “exposure” pathways—from strategic reserves and sovereign mining to pensions, sovereign wealth funds and tax acceptance—marking what the authors describe as a game-theoretic race among governments. Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption Accelerates The study, authored […]