- [**"Get Ready for the Phoenix"**; Economist; 01/9/88, Vol. 306, pp 9-10](https://www.riotimesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GetReadyforthePhoenix_001.pdf) - [1988 Economist cover predicting a world currency by 2018](https://miracwrites.medium.com/the-economist-s-foresight-on-digital-money-a28123019850) - [The NSA and Bitcoin: Origins of the SHA-256 Hashing Algorithm](https://supra.com/academy/the-nsa-and-bitcoin-origins-of-the-sha-256-hashing-algorithm/) - ["SHA-2 is a set of cryptographic hash functions (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512) designed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2) - [4 Reasons to Believe the Deep State (or the NSA) Created Bitcoin](https://www.ccn.com/archive/crypto/4-reasons-to-believe-the-deep-state-or-the-nsa-created-bitcoin/) - [**Cryptocurrencies that use SHA-256**](https://coinmarketcap.com/view/sha-256/) - [Crypto prof asked to remove NSA-related blog post](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/crypto-prof-asked-to-remove-nsa-related-blog-post/) - [(5/9/2013) Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security) - [(18/6/1996) HOW TO MAKE A MINT: THE CRYPTOGRAPHY OF ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC CASH - Laurie Law, Susan Sabett, Jerry Solinas; National Security Agency Office of Information Security Research and Technology Cryptology Division](https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm) <center>///</center> - [Why Monero Is Banned – Understanding the Privacy Crypto Asset](https://cryptal.com/en/blog/why-monero-is-banned) - [IRS Will Pay Up To $625,000 If You Can Crack Monero, Other Privacy Coins](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/09/14/irs-will-pay-up-to-625000-if-you-can-crack-monero-other-privacy-coins/) - [The IRS Bounty: The Full Story](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/z9j62d/the_irs_bounty_the_full_story/) - [RandomX](https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/randomx.html) - [Leaked memo suggest NSA and US Army compromised Tor, I2P, VPNs and want to unmask Monero users](https://securityaffairs.com/68684/digital-id/nsa-memo-anonymizing-systems.html) <center>///</center> (some next lvl shit that should be unrelated...) Archaix : - [The Phoenix Phenomenon (blog post)](https://archaix.com/phoenix-phenomenon) - [The Phoenix Phenomenon (video primer)](https://youtu.be/PsolefeC7r4)