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TRX Claude solves 25-year NSA number mystery; Bitcoin quantum risk remains
CoinDesk reports that numbers the NSA handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, came from a basic computer program, a discovery it attributes to Claude. The post states Bitcoin was never on that list and that its quantum problem remains unresolved.
Why “Unverified”
- Reported by CoinDesk alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet
1 independent source group across 1 post · evidence score 60/100. How labels work
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What the sources claim
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Numbers the NSA released in the 1990s, long suspected of concealing a backdoor, were produced by a basic computer program, per the report.
“Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program.”
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The discovery of the numbers' origin is attributed to Claude.
“Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery”
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Bitcoin was not among the numbers on that list. BTC
“Bitcoin was never on that list”
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Bitcoin's quantum problem remains unresolved. BTC
“its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere”
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