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Title: 2013-04-09 Bruce Schneier
Post by: n8rwJeTt8TrrLKPa55eU on April 09, 2013, 05:38:25 PM
Well-known security & cryptography guru (I recall some posts on this forum theorizing he was Satoshi) weighs in:

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Bitcoins in the Mainstream Media

Interesting article from the New Yorker.

I'm often asked what I think about bitcoins. I haven't analyzed the security, but what I have seen looks good. The real issues are economic and political, and I don't have the expertise to have an opinion on that.

BTW, here's a recent criticism of BitCoins.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/04/bitcoins_in_the.html


Title: Re: 2013-04-09 Bruce Schneier
Post by: cypherdoc on April 10, 2013, 03:37:21 AM
Hard to believe he hasn't looked at it given he's talked about it a few times.


Title: Re: 2013-04-09 Bruce Schneier
Post by: n8rwJeTt8TrrLKPa55eU on April 10, 2013, 03:46:31 AM
Hard to believe he hasn't looked at it given he's talked about it a few times.

Yes, frankly that post reads like a crude misdirection.  For what reason, I don't know.


Title: Re: 2013-04-09 Bruce Schneier
Post by: herzmeister on April 10, 2013, 11:44:18 AM
I guess that's because his employer is British Telecom.


Title: Re: 2013-04-09 Bruce Schneier
Post by: ShireSilver on April 10, 2013, 03:05:34 PM
Hard to believe he hasn't looked at it given he's talked about it a few times.

Yes, frankly that post reads like a crude misdirection.  For what reason, I don't know.


LOL, he's either Satoshi and misdirecting or he just hasn't been paid to check the code.