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124 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Apr \ on: Responding to the quantum threat to bitcoin - @lightcoin bitcoin

What's the steelman argument for messing with other people's coins?

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193 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 15 Apr

I think I've heard Lopp say:

one of Bitcoin's value propositions is that other people can't steal people's coins. If quantum computers make it possible to steal people's coins, it becomes a question of which value proposition of bitcoin is worse to violate.

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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Apr

Ok, so there’s not some good argument that I’m unaware of.

I don’t recall that being one of the core value propositions and it certainly doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

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