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broheetoday at 6:13 AM1 replyview on HN

"This is one of the few domains where having access to a quantum computer ahead of others could translate directly into financial gain"

Doubt, the moment people get vocal about their fund being stolen that will be it for crypto, it will crash the bank run. The only way it could work is that if you steal too little to be noticed, which will also be too little to finance your venture...


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bhaaktoday at 6:59 AM

May I introduce you to a concept called "shorting"? You can make money from falling prices without selling the stolen coins. As I said just moving Satoshi's coins would lead to lots of panic selling.

The snarky reply would be that having their funds stolen is not something that seems to discourage people from having cryptocurrencies as it happens all the time:

https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/