Fun fact most folks don't know: every single terminal command shown on screen in Mr. Robot was real, functional code. The showrunner Sam Esmail hired Marc Rogers (head of security at DEF CON) and Kor Adana as technical consultants who wrote actual working exploits for every scene. Rogers personally verified each hack would work in the real world before it aired.
The Bitcoin angle is what gets me though. Season 1 episode 1, Elliot traces a target through blockchain transactions. That was 2015, before chain analysis firms even existed as an industry. Chainalysis didn't incorporate until 2014 and barely had product. The show was accidentally prophetic about on-chain surveillance becoming a whole sector.
And the entire E Corp plot is basically the strongest argument for bearer instruments ever put on television. Destroy the centralized ledger, destroy the economy. Can't do that to Bitcoin.
god, I miss this show!
This is really awesome!
Fun fact most folks don't know: every single terminal command shown on screen in Mr. Robot was real, functional code. The showrunner Sam Esmail hired Marc Rogers (head of security at DEF CON) and Kor Adana as technical consultants who wrote actual working exploits for every scene. Rogers personally verified each hack would work in the real world before it aired.
The Bitcoin angle is what gets me though. Season 1 episode 1, Elliot traces a target through blockchain transactions. That was 2015, before chain analysis firms even existed as an industry. Chainalysis didn't incorporate until 2014 and barely had product. The show was accidentally prophetic about on-chain surveillance becoming a whole sector.
And the entire E Corp plot is basically the strongest argument for bearer instruments ever put on television. Destroy the centralized ledger, destroy the economy. Can't do that to Bitcoin.