# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-02-19 17:48:47
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3603.msg51416#msg51416

Frankly, I'm not sure how I feel about this. @p{par}

I absolutely positively want more scrutiny of both bitcoin's source code and the underlying cryptographic concepts. @p{par}

However, I don't think offering a token amount of money (even in the form of bitcoins) is appropriate. @p{par}

A real, professional security review of bitcoin would take a lot of time and a lot of money.  I understand that's not what is being asked, but asking Mr. Schneier to write about bitcoin is really an irrational "Appeal to Authority" @p{--} I think he'd say that any cryptography-related technology is never proven secure, but only gains trust by having multiple people and groups of people look at it, imagine potential attacks, try to attack it, etc. @p{par}

Or, in other words, if he writes an article about bitcoin now I think the summary would be "interesting new technology, doesn't appear to be a scam, worth keeping an eye on."   I think he'll write that article soon without any prompting from "the bitcoin community," just given the level of buzz bitcoin is generating the last month or two.  I don't think a few hundred bitcoins will motivate him to write the article any sooner. @p{brk}