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Wouldn’t one just liquidate it for fiat, transfer to a bank account, and wait 30 days?

Or is liquidating to fiat banned? Eg: You have to spend 300 BTC from merchants accepting bitcoin only.

There are jurisdictions that might allow you to buy real estate with Bitcoin, but it will take longer than 30 days.

Other thing I thinking is you could probably buy high end cars with Bitcoin too. Watches maybe?
One could consider these assets tho.

If we stick to services,
It is difficult to spend $18M in 30 days just on services. I really struggle
to think of anything that expensive that isn’t acquiring an asset.

I didn't properly consider the full extent of gaming the system

You make some good points, and found some flaws in the system

In a broader context it reminds me of the latest attacks on Bitcoin infrastructure, think cc, boltz etc

I've read a few reports where a 5-10 person team is maintaining a project and complain they don't have the resources to keep up with the constant onslaught from ai attacks

Without disregarding the skillz of open source devs, this latest wave of ai attacks is low hanging fruit, when I think of friends who have worked in cyber security for banks and telecommunications for over 10 years, they may be more prepared than we give them credit for

I would expect these attackers to look for middle ground as they grow in confidence, not a legacy bank or a 2 man dev team but something in the middle

Went on a tangent there lol 😆

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Take a read of this recent blog post by Mathew Green (Cryptographer), it’s an interesting perspective on what AI might mean for cybersecurity. Maybe things get “too secure”, so authorities start asking for back doors instead of hacking.

https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/

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