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15. it's math, computation, and a public ledger

Wed Jul 16, 2025, 08:35 AM

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https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/training/annual-national-training-seminar/2018/Emerging_Tech_Bitcoin_Crypto.pdf

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/assets/btc

How can a system where every transaction in history is part of the public record, and which quantity is mathematically controlled, be "smoke and mirrors"?

However, I will grant you one point: the creator of BTC is unknown. It would not shock me if it's associated w/NSA or a similar mathematical power.

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