This is a newbie question.
Let's make the following scenario: some hacker, with sheer luck (since finding a private key is so very improbable), manages to steal some bitcoins from one of the very early blocks (the first 5 were arguably mined by Satoshi). And then the hacker, being an anarchist, signs something like "i found a backdoor in secp256k1 lol".
What would be the most probable reaction from the crowds? How could I edge aginst this? I am looking for answers based on previous analogous situations in economics or finance (big surprise in something thought robust).
Thank you.
well the idea he hit a key based on luck is not new.
its meaningless if he does one block by luck . lets say he tosses 1000 pcs at brute forcing a key. and normal luck means 300,000 years for him to hit it. No one would believe he cracked it unless he does it 3 times or more.
The concept of someone hitting 3x 300,000 year events in say a week would mean its cracked by a real method.
so it would need to happen three times really fast.
please note the idea of 1000 fast pcs needing 300,000 years to open a key by brute force is wrong as it would likely take 100,000 pcs over 30,000,000 years to find a key. (likely higher and more time)