The one thing I don't want to see (which I likely will) Is that scenarios like this used as a pretext to demonize crypto.

Thank goodness for decentralization. Now I see the wisdom of Satoshi in keeping his identity secret with the creation of Bitcoin.

Reminds me when Phil Zimmerman, the inventor of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), had to risk an upload of the program and source code in order to avoid US export restrictions. Once it was out in the wild, there was nothing they could do.

Strong crypto software was seen as a munition, and back then publishing it was seens as a violation of the Arms Export Control Act. Can you imagine? Thankfully, we've come a long way since then.

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