>The NSA probably specializes in general purpose computational power, they couldn't afford to compete with ASICs
this is an absurd statement because the us military, nsa, and cia design their own custom chips and have a black budget to finance the operations and some of the most talented and experienced mathematicians, scientists, and programmers to back them up. when the central banks actually find bitcoin to be a threat they will crack the encryption, do a 51% attack, or conduct some other discrediting attack on its validity and security. I am short term bullish on bitcoin though I am hoping for the best for btc or other decentralized digital currencies.
this is an absurd statement because the us military, nsa, and cia design their own custom chips and have a black budget to finance the operations and some of the most talented and experienced mathematicians, scientists, and programmers to back them up. when the central banks actually find bitcoin to be a threat they will crack the encryption, do a 51% attack, or conduct some other discrediting attack on its validity and security. I am short term bullish on bitcoin though I am hoping for the best for btc or other decentralized digital currencies.