First time I'm ever seeing this magazine, I knew of the wired issue a tad later. Hows the article on btc in this mag?
Here's the full article on the new yorker's site:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/the-crypto-currencya neat excerpt from the article:
"The point, Clear continued, is that Nakamoto’s identity shouldn’t matter. The system was built so that we don’t have to trust an individual, a company, or a government. Anybody can review the code, and the network isn’t controlled by any one entity. That’s what inspires confidence in the system. Bitcoin, in other words, survives because of what you can see and what you can’t. Users are hidden, but transactions are exposed. The code is visible to all, but its origins are mysterious. The currency is both real and elusive—just like its founder.
“You can’t kill it,” Clear said, with a touch of bravado. “Bitcoin would survive a nuclear attack.”