Some ideas on how it could work:
- Read through the connection data (phone,email etc) from key figures of the Bitcoin community to gain insider knowledge
- Infiltrate core development and replace Bitcoin key figures with NSA staff
- Discredit respected members of the community
- Kill people, if they don't corporate.
Are core devs discussing this possiblility of a large scale infiltration and how to avoid?
The question is why would they do it?the moment they took contol of bitcoin and destroy it decentralization we all will abandon it.Bitcoin will no longer be useful anymore
Bitcoin won't upgrade itself. People need to do that, and it is better to own these key people crucial for bitcoin development?
Then you could impose some ideas on rest of the community and lead it where you want it.
And maybe that is their plan? They don't want bitcoin to be useful anymore, they want to be 'failed experiment'. No more bitcoin = stronger dollar, maybe?