Re: [XMR] Monero Speculation

We're at $2.46 ... can we please not talk about $1000?

The most likely scenario is that XMR will fail.

How?

It looks to me like there will be a replacement as the development progress has slowed to a crawl. Not to mention Diffie-Hellman elliptic Curve25519 is considered not safe.

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I no longer trust the constants. I believe the NSA has manipulated them through their relationships with industry
Bruce Schneier

Should I continue?

You should continue... we are not cryptographers. Are you saying that they have a backdoor to XMR?. Is this curve reemplazable in a common hard fork?

Is there any evidence for this besides Schnier's conjecture? There are other possible motivations for the the NSA trying to diminish ECC, see this comment https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/10/why_is_the_nsa_.html#c6709393

In his defense, I think the burden of proof has to rest on those who say its safe not those who say it isn't. "My ECC is safe" is the relevant positive assertion.