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roenxi 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011

If that calculation was completely wrong, how would anyone know? We never get a perfect snapshot of the world to compare with.

What that stat really says is any conspiracy involving 10+ people, if the details manages to stay secret for 20 years, will likely never come to light.

bryant 8 months ago [–]

With the US at least, it can probably be loosely tested by comparing declassified records (50 years on) with program size at the time.

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