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tptacek on May 15, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: NSA encryption plan for ‘internet of things’ rejec...

In serious academic crypto circles, "Satoshi Nakamoto" is a clown. I don't think a "Satoshi" algorithm would stand much of a chance either.

kaoD on May 16, 2018 [–]

Can you elaborate? In what way is he a clown? (honest question)

As I understand it he applied a bunch of well known algorithms to solve a long-standing problem. He's not a cryptologist but, as far as I can tell, he never claimed so.

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