Subject: “If P=NP, does Bitcoin fall apart?” published in Predict by H.K. Brar
From: "Medium Daily Digest" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:53:33 +0000 (UTC)

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If P=NP, does Bitcoin fall apart? (https://medium.com/@orbify.io/if-p-np-does-bitcoin-fall-apart-21534c16ab97?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1549542440460-digest.reader------0-59------------------513fea64_16c7_4f53_8e3e_cff8d7df4071-1&sectionName=top)

What if there was a way to break Bitcoin? To hack it apart? To tear apart its foundation? Is there such a…
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