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Is there a world where Sam or Dario can seize the bitcoin network somehow?

by gverrilla 2mo ago

_ink_ 2mo ago
They probably have enough compute for a 51% attack.
- fragmede 2mo ago
  Doubtful. ASICs are really good at the only thing they can do.
kibwen 2mo ago
"ChatGPT, use the stylometry that you've developed via hoovering up the history of every internet post ever written to divine the true identity of Satoshi and dispatch men with $5 wrenches to his home address."
- showlife 2mo ago
  i hate that $5 wrench meme. Randall Monroe of xkcd is ordinarily such a smart guy but he really didn't do his research with his $5 wrench attack idea. Torturers don't hit people in the head with something hard. Not the ones who are any good at their job anyway. Easy way to concuss someone or have them die of shock before they tell you what you need to know.
  - emsixteen 2mo ago
    Jokes are hard.
  - fragmede 2mo ago
    A sophisticated in-depth treatise on torture wouldn't fit neatly into a 2 panel webcomic. If you email Randall, maybe he'll make a comic just about torture for you, but either way, the $5 wrench gets the meaning across well enough. Personally, I haven't given much thought on how to torture someone into giving me information they don't want to tell but I'm grateful someone's done that work, hopefully on the side of good and not evil.
  - fwip 2mo ago
    The XKCD comic just said hit them, not necessarily in the head. Personally, I know I wouldn't last ten seconds with a pair of broken kneecaps.
  - omoikane 2mo ago
    > Torturers don't hit people in the head The comic doesn't say hit the person in the head, it says "hit him with this $5 wrench", and did not specify what to hit. https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- gaoshan 2mo ago
  You joke but...
- SAI_Peregrinus 2mo ago
  1000 Colonial Farm Road, Langley, Virginia, United States of America seems likely to me.
- rpcope1 2mo ago
  Dollars to donuts it was Len or Hall and good luck getting keys out of a dead man.

Is there a world where Sam or Dario can seize the bitcoin network somehow?

_ink_ 2mo ago

They probably have enough compute for a 51% attack.

fragmede 2mo ago
Doubtful. ASICs are really good at the only thing they can do.

kibwen 2mo ago

"ChatGPT, use the stylometry that you've developed via hoovering up the history of every internet post ever written to divine the true identity of Satoshi and dispatch men with $5 wrenches to his home address."

showlife 2mo ago
i hate that $5 wrench meme. Randall Monroe of xkcd is ordinarily such a smart guy but he really didn't do his research with his $5 wrench attack idea. Torturers don't hit people in the head with something hard. Not the ones who are any good at their job anyway. Easy way to concuss someone or have them die of shock before they tell you what you need to know.
- emsixteen 2mo ago
  Jokes are hard.
- fragmede 2mo ago
  A sophisticated in-depth treatise on torture wouldn't fit neatly into a 2 panel webcomic. If you email Randall, maybe he'll make a comic just about torture for you, but either way, the $5 wrench gets the meaning across well enough. Personally, I haven't given much thought on how to torture someone into giving me information they don't want to tell but I'm grateful someone's done that work, hopefully on the side of good and not evil.
- fwip 2mo ago
  The XKCD comic just said hit them, not necessarily in the head. Personally, I know I wouldn't last ten seconds with a pair of broken kneecaps.
- omoikane 2mo ago
  > Torturers don't hit people in the head The comic doesn't say hit the person in the head, it says "hit him with this $5 wrench", and did not specify what to hit. https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
gaoshan 2mo ago
You joke but...
SAI_Peregrinus 2mo ago
1000 Colonial Farm Road, Langley, Virginia, United States of America seems likely to me.
rpcope1 2mo ago
Dollars to donuts it was Len or Hall and good luck getting keys out of a dead man.