On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:53:36 -0500
grarpamp
I think that someone at NSA invented Bitcoin to supercharge the development of fast encryption/decryption chips.
bitcoin chips only do one particular hash? And there isn't anything especial about them anyway? (meaning any IC manufacturer could have created them, they didn't because there was no demand)
New forms of QC-resistant XXXcoins will be developed for similar reasons.
How to leverage NSA's research $$$$$$$$$$$'s.
It seems to have worked!
Recall that "miners" get paid in Bitcoin, but chip developers get paid in real $$$.
Algorithm/SW developers don't need to get paid at all, because they do it for the love of computer science, society and world peace.
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