I have the uncanny feeling that the only "state actor" that would try to attack Bitcoin itself is not Russia or the USA, but North Korea. They are exactly the kind of people who would attempt something like this.
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It seems to me that the
"Lazarus Effect" is at work here, because we have reached a situation where we are being tried to convince ourselves that an isolated, sanctioned country in which the internet practically does not exist represents the number one hacking force in the world. I'm not saying that NK doesn't do such things, but it's no secret that the
"guys" who play dirty public games without any shame do much worse things in secret.
Maybe you should read what the most famous whistleblower revealed about BTC and US agencies - and this data clearly shows that they were already obsessed with controlling it 10+ years ago. NK simply doesn't have the potential to do something like that on a global level - except maybe when it comes to Ledger amateurs, because their sense of security with the Recovery option is the ideal way to hack them remotely.