Hacking Bitcoin: From Hard Drives to Fortune

This chapter captures a presentation at DEF CON on the early days of Bitcoin and the innovative strategies used for hard drive destruction. The speaker, SkunkWorks, shares insights on manipulating the global economy through GPUs while also discussing humorous and experimental methods to securely destroy data. The narrative follows a student's transformation from a hacker to a cryptocurrency millionaire, illustrating the intersection of creativity, risk, and technical ingenuity.