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>>>Ultimately, keeping a conspiracy under wraps is an n^2 problem, where n is the number of people behind it. Stuxnet. How long before anyone outside of the g
by mikecane 14y ago
>>>Ultimately, keeping a conspiracy under wraps is an n^2 problem, where n is the number of people behind it.
Stuxnet. How long before anyone outside of the group that created/deployed it knew it existed?
EDIT to add: I typed too soon. You did specify "conspiracy." Stuxnet was an approved project. Those are easier to keep secret.
- argumentum 14y agoActually, Stuxnet was outed pretty quickly (less than a decade, if the speculation is correct). An the target of Stuxnet was an single program of a fairly obnoxious state (Iran). The "target" of btc is an entrenched system of currency used by nearly everyone on earth. Much harder to contain.
- mikecane 14y ago>>>The "target" of btc is an entrenched system of currency used by nearly everyone on earth. Much harder to contain. I wonder if I'm the only person who sees Bitcoin as just as alpha test?