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Without physical security, someone can walk into the data center next to the hydro plant and take all the equipment they want. They can also install rootkits u
by rspeer 9y ago
Without physical security, someone can walk into the data center next to the hydro plant and take all the equipment they want.
They can also install rootkits using their physical access to their computers, so they don't even have to move the equipment.
No, you cannot replace physical security with cryptocurrency. Nor will you replace the use of gasoline or computer chips.
- notgood 9y agoData centers need security regardless of cryptocurrency, you can't say the same about money and banks; so your point is moot. To install rootkits you need to know where the computers are or some way to get to them, and that's 100% impossible with bitcoins unless you reveal your own info some other way (e.g. a security mistake)
- rspeer 9y agoI certainly can say the same about money and banks. I am saying it. You want money and banks to run on cryptocurrency, right? Then you need security for it. "Haha, you don't know which computer to steal" is the worst security-by-obscurity idea I've ever heard of.
- notgood 9y agoThat's like saying passwords are security-by-obscurity. I never said I wanted banks to run on crypto. Overall it is a bit sad your arguments reached this low quality; I was expecting some interesting counter-arguments instead of these slippery slopes, not to mention all the downvotes you poured onto me.