No, the Deep State did not Create Bitcoin, part 1
Disappointed that a shill got into notables earlier today, so here is a detailed response:
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>4 Reasons to Believe the Deep State (or the NSA) Created Bitcoin
>1.) THEY DID CREATE PART OF IT FOR SURE
>SHA-256 is the secure hashing algorithm which is an essential part of Bitcoin's architecture. It is an NSA hash function algorithm first published in 2001.
THIS IS DUMB. Obvious shill logic here. In truth, SHA-256 is used in literally thousands of software projects that have nothing to do with NSA. This includes Github, originally written by Linus Torvalds who openly hates the idea of state intelligence messing with his work. Only people who know nothing about encryption would believe this point. Here, read this article:
Did the NSA 'create' Satoshi Nakamoto?
https://siliconangle.com/2014/08/12/did-the-nsa-create-satoshi-nakamoto/
"If you assume that the NSA did something to SHA-256, which no outside researcher has detected, what you get is the ability, with credible and detectable action, they would be able to forge transactions. The really scary thing is somebody finds a way to find collisions in SHA-256 really fast without brute-forcing it or using lots of hardware and then they take control of the network," cryptography researcher Matthew D. Green of Johns Hopkins University said in a previous interview.
>2.) SATOSHI NAKAMOTO MEANS "CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE"
That's a very loose translation, and we're supposed to believe the C_A would hide their name that plainly? They're evil, but not that kind of stupid. Just think about it for half a second. Here is a better translation, showing how the name actually describes how blockchain operates:
"A clever chronicling of history as a book that is in the process of happening throughout."
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@decentro/satoshi-nakamoto-a-comprehensive-translation-of-an-enigma
>3.) HOW A CRYPTOCURRENCY BENEFITS THE DEEP STATE:
>The Deep State would want cryptocurrency to exist. As Bitcoin's critics like to say, it's something perfect for organizations that have clandestine operations (like the C_A is known to have).
>It's a way for the Deep State to have a financial infrastructure outside the watchful gaze and control of institutional finance on Wall Street or any other banks on the planet.
Thankfully, this was debunked immediately by another anon (see below): "They do not need something like crypto, they just use hawala banking."
>4. DOJ CYBERCRIMES PROSECUTOR EXPLAINS HOW BTC HELPS THE FBI CATCH CRIMINALS
>Crypto makes it easier for the Deep State to hide what it's doing, but it also makes it easier for them to see what criminals are doing.
>https://www.ccn.com/4-reasons-to-believe-the-deep-state-or-the-nsa-created-bitcoin
This is actually a semi-valid point, but smart criminals know it. Alternate view: Craig Wright (friends with all the original contributors), explains why it was made transparent: Without transparency, bad actors would use it like they did with Silk Road for a little while (for human traficking, ect). He says it was designed this way to ensure criminals don't use it. (Note that there are some alt chains which are far more 'private' than the original version released by Satoshi. It is clear that blockchains can be made anonymous, but at least "Satoshi Vision" blockchains are not.)
The next post will address the earliest anon responses to the above shill post, and present a useful summary.