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Already discussed months ago. Bitcoin critics are for some reason less knowledgeable about potential weakness of bitcoin than bitcoiners who are enthusiastic about bitcoin.

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Except that that post addresses a different problem than the one I raise.

Yes, but in all fairness, that post addresses problems that can result from a computational attack. The one you raise doesn't need such at all. If a state wanted to compete with Bitcoin on all features but distributedness, a peaceful fork in an independent network would have essentially the same effect.

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