another thing to consider though is as the price of bitcoin rises the incentive to break the underlying cryptography in a hidden way goes up with it. has there ever been such a large incentive to break a cryptographic system out in the public like this before?
and thanks i'll check out that article
Sure, there is a huge incentive to break this crypto: all the banks are running it. If crypto is broken, bitcoin might be the last thing to come under attack, as it is a relatively small thing.