98 sats \ 2 replies \ @jgbtc 13 Oct \ parent \ on: Let It Be or Hard Fork? security
Maybe Satoshi's coins are a bounty for quantum researchers and this was his plan all along. He wanted quantum computers for the many great benefits it will bring to humanity. Bitcoin could have been his way to incentivize/reward the achievement.
Possibly he knew he wasn't going to be around much longer and this was the best way he could think of to make quantum computers a reality after he was gone and therefore unable participate directly in research.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT OP 14 Oct
IDK... Leaving up to 3-4 million bitcoin to the first quantum computers seems like a bit too much for anyone to stomach.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 17 Oct
Perhaps he knew he had a terminal illness, like ALS for example. But yeah, this is a stretch. Just a fun theory.
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