Isn't the entire Bitcoin mining incentive structure equivalent to a huge bug bounty on SHA-2 (256, specifically)? Edit: Never mind, grand-uncle comment beat me

Isn't the entire Bitcoin mining incentive structure equivalent to a huge bug bounty on SHA-2 (256, specifically)? Edit: Never mind, grand-uncle comment beat me to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34003485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34003485