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This was not about $2M. It was a response to what was publicly interpreted as a nation-state cyber attack on infrastructure. This was about principle and demon
by bredren 5y ago
This was not about $2M. It was a response to what was publicly interpreted as a nation-state cyber attack on infrastructure.
This was about principle and demonstration of capability.
If it is true the US has the ability to calculate BTC wallet keys as fast as it did, the price should fall.
- dehrmann 5y ago> This was about principle and demonstration of capability. Still not worth it if a crpyto function has been broken. If it was because of the encrypted chat app honeypot they ran, it might be different, but even then, only if criminals are moving to something else. They also don't have the perpetrator.
- bredren 5y agoI disagree. If the US has the ability to quickly break a BTC wallet, it is a public demonstration of warfare that should act as a deterrent in other theaters of war. > They also don't have the perpetrator. I don’t think we have a full manifest of who was involved in the colonial attack or the personnel that have made up Darkside. Even if we did, successful pressure on the perpetrators or their successors does not require holding the individuals directly.