>There is currently no defense for this attack in Bitcoin, as the simulation
demonstrates.
The entire Bitcoin miner reward model is the defense for this attack.
Nation states have powerful computers... but nowhere near as powerful as the decentralized Bitcoin mining network combined.
Even if they did currently, the endgame for Bitcoin as envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto was for everyone on the planet to be mining Bitcoin at the same time.
If a Nation State could ever become more powerful than every single private processor on the planet combined... I think it would be game over for a lot more than just Bitcoin.
The entire Bitcoin miner reward model is the defense for this attack.
Nation states have powerful computers... but nowhere near as powerful as the decentralized Bitcoin mining network combined.
Even if they did currently, the endgame for Bitcoin as envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto was for everyone on the planet to be mining Bitcoin at the same time.
If a Nation State could ever become more powerful than every single private processor on the planet combined... I think it would be game over for a lot more than just Bitcoin.