Over nine months ago, the Berkeley International Computer Science Institute streamed Nicholas Weaver’s talk entitled “Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Burn it With Fire.” This week, he summarized the argument at the Enigma security conference. Ars Technica decided to cover the Bitcoin-bashing talk. Nicholas Weaver: Most People Have Had Their Hot Wallets Stolen A nocoiner of the highest order, there is nothing about blockchain or cryptocurrencies that Nicholas Weaver likes. According to reporting in Ars Technica, most everyone who has ever held crypto “will almost inevitably say their wallet has been stolen.” The reader should note that there is no evidence to
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