[Cryptography] IBM looking at adopting bitcoin technology for major currencies

[Bill Frantz]

On 3/14/15 at 10:00 AM, johnl at iecc.com (John Levine) wrote:

> PS: Also consider the blockchain attacks we all know about that would
> require an implausibly large effort.  Then consider the resources that
> a large nation state might apply to the problem.

And consider why a large nation state might want to disrupt a crypto-currency.

Cheers - Bill

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