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23/05/2025, 16:34:40 UTC POST DELETED
Original archived Re: BITCOIN = POKEMON
Scraped on 16/05/2025, 16:34:40 UTC
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So with a cable, before infrared, before Bluetooth, before anything, you exchanged encrypted data, data that had a specific value in the game. Encrypted data, with a cable..

Pokemon was not cryptographically secure, during transfer they use simple pseudo-random values[1] and serial data transfer not exactly an encryption.  Besides pokemon games can be easily duped, spoof[2] and the pokemon can easily duplicate with a right tool unlike blockchain tech which is immutable.

I don't know how creative @OP is creating a parallel between Pokemon and Bitcoin but sadly it has no solid ground.


[1] https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generation
[2] https://hackaday.com/2014/01/02/spoofing-pokemon-trades/