Bitcoin can be stopped by jamming up the network so nobody can transact. This vulnerability isn't theoretical. I built a simulation of the Bitcoin network to prove it. I'm now inviting people to join the wargame and propose how Bitcoin might defend itself:https://github.com/mikekelly/btc-endgame …
Nationalise all companies who have significant mining capacity and invest hundreds of millions in new mining rigs. It would be a terrible idea but I think it would be theoretically possible.
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Would the companies just accept this? Would Chinese officials accept bribes? I think it's a hell of a lot more complicated than just seizing everything.
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I mean it would be extremely messy but it would probably work. The question is why they would bother given that there are loads of downsides and no obvious upsides?
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