maybe Daniel Suarez's _Daemon_ is up to something...
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or, someone may have found his wallet files. or maybe he is still around...
quantum cracking wallet keys is the lowest probability explanation.
the thing is, he did use a secure cryptosystem. the ripemd160 address hash addresses it's literally 96 bits of brute forcing there, that is well over 1000 years worth of work with current tech (by which i mean all computers, and all computers added to that projected outwards until that amount of time, which is very optimistic anyway), to pass the "50% odds" mark.
You might notice I used Allen Farrington’s framing from Wittgenstein’s money.
I’m not claiming this is some high probability that Bitcoin has been cracked by quantum computers, but rather asking a rhetorical philosophical question.
I’ve been thinking on this recently: nostr:note1qlga2ves05yfy7cspdw9wngf5mwuzgm3elw7uv26scr8wh33culqzmxey4