The crypto currency community hasn’t decided whether they want to be anarchist rebels or to replace the establishment.

Security wins many battles but loses the security war.
ADI SHAMIR

Anand Thakur
Cryptography is typically bypassed, not penetrated.
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Bypassed Cryptography Penetrated Typical
We are definitely going backwards in computer security.
ADI SHAMIR

Anand Thakur
Most people are unhappy with the emergence of complexity
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Complexity Emergence Most People Unhappy
Fully secure systems don’t exist today and they won’t exist in the future.
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Anand Thakur
I think that I am among the few lucky ones who are exploiting complexity.
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Anand Thakur
They would prefer it if the world were very simple
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Anand Thakur
Crypto will not be broken, it will be bypassed
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Broken Bypassed Crypto
The crypto currency community hasn’t decided whether they want to be anarchist rebels or to replace the establishment.
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Anand Thakur
But then it would be a doom for a cryptographer like myself.
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Anand Thakur

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