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A whistleblower flags potential Bitcoin (BTC) risks, citing funding linked to Jeffrey Epstein and tied to Bitcoin Core development.
As per Patrick Riley, the Bitcoin code had about 12,000 commits when the letter was written, compared with 47,583 today.
Riley also mentioned the $850,000 Epstein donations to MIT.
In the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a whistleblower insisted Bitcoin (BTC) has built-in backdoors. He said he was certain about it. To back up the claim, he pointed to Bitcoin Core’s commit history and argued the timeline tells its own story. He said the codebase had roughly 12,000 commits when the letter was written.
Since then, he noted, the total has risen to 47,583. From that jump, he calculated that about 74.79% of the development landed after Jeffrey Epstein allegedly took on what he described as a de facto senior management role as a benefactor.
From there, the whistleblower pushed the accusation much further. He argued Epstein did not
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