[ExI] You'd better sell your bitcoins

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] You'd better sell your bitcoins

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

>> Hey cool: Adrian and John, write a scholarly paper about how Shor's algorithm on a quantum computer could crack BitCoin's security... make a buttload.

>...Any paper I write on that topic wouldn't be noticed.  I'd do all that work for literally nothing.  I have likelier ways to make money.

>...But if John wants to try it, he's welcome to.

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Ja, same here.  But the emphasis is not on the technical paper, rather it is on the press.  Get an article in some mainstream publication where the readers are not particularly up to speed on BitCoin and computing, such as the New York Times.  Lots of money, not a lot of sophistication.

spike