Linking to a thread about a paranoid blog/rant, regarding: "Bitcoin is a cryptographic botnet" Bitcoin, I believe after reviewing the protocol descriptio

Linking to a thread about a paranoid blog/rant, regarding: "Bitcoin is a cryptographic botnet" Bitcoin, I believe after reviewing the protocol description here is a US gov’t black op. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7165893 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7165893 Possibly worth discussing, since it's reactionary slant was directly provoked by OP's topic. Seems to have gotten buried. Possible deliberate forum sliding? http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-Technique-1-FORUM-SLIDING http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-Technique-1-FORUM-SLIDING The only reason I might suggest considering this botnet premise is due to hardware mining. ASICs are pretty much the norm for mining now, and near as I can tell, there hasn't been much discussion regarding all the custom hardware floating around lately.