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I'm not usually a conspirator, but what if the US government or another government that didn't want something like bitcoin getting any bigger, was behind this?
by joshmlewis 14y ago
I'm not usually a conspirator, but what if the US government or another government that didn't want something like bitcoin getting any bigger, was behind this? If this keeps happenings it will diminish the "brand" enough to always make people really cautious. Thoughts? Shooting from the hip here. :)
- eof 14y agoI have thought this as well. The fact that a bunch of exchanges all went down simulatenously and /r/bitcoin had a super-rare non-circle-jerky top-post (calling the bubble bursting), by a brand new member, gave me the impression that there was a coordinated attack going on. TBH, my first thoughts were more of a trading cartel trying to get in cheaper; but government was a possibility as well. That being said,.. who knows? Certainly can't prove that's the case or even make a good argument for it (although, I do think a good argument could be made that something fishy was going on.
- shubb 14y agoIf a major state wanted to 'do something' about a website, to the extent that they were happy to break the law, I don't think it would look like this.
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- rmc 14y agoThere are probably easier ways for the US gov to break bitcoin. A 51% attack on the bitcoin network (which requires a lot of computing power), would allow you to transfer all the bitcoins, would be much more crippling than "oh a website went down".
- joshmlewis 14y agoReally? Downvotes for just suggesting a scenario?