Topic: Estimated hashrate of the NSA? - page 2. (Read 3354 times)
gosh, the NSA? They have so many computers and secret algorithms, I bet they could do like a billion hashes a second!
Do you think the NSA has ASIC chips designed for brute-forcing SHA-256? If so, what do you think their hashrate would be if they put all of their resources behind a 51% attack on the blockchain?
The NSA has ample reason outside to of Bitcoin to have and operate specialized hardware and software for the various SHA algorithms, especially since they were the ones who designed the algorithm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2. In my mind, the only question is how much hashing power they actually have & for how long they would have a majority stake to attack Bitcoin.
The NSA has ample reason outside to of Bitcoin to have and operate specialized hardware and software for the various SHA algorithms, especially since they were the ones who designed the algorithm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2. In my mind, the only question is how much hashing power they actually have & for how long they would have a majority stake to attack Bitcoin.
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