I like the edit!
I had it already posted under the post but didnt hypelink properly so it didnt get too much attention. I really liked the scene when I saw it in the series the first time.
I also try to get my achievement to have more than 1k impressions on a post: for that its better to edit it than to make a seperate post :)
> would it be possible to do the same with bitcoin?
No. It would not be possible on chain. Only if accepting exchange IOUs could you be a victim. So just keep funds in wallet and only accept BTC.
I meant it as: If we look at the scale of the effort and quality I still think somethign similar might be possible with BTC! An entity could try to isolate all nodes and miners from one country, region or continent (=> basically isolation of the internet) and thus force a local split or orphan chain.... if the country or region would stay isolated for long enough and wouldnt notice it it could be a case of "fake" btc without people noticing.
Lots of ifs still....
I do understand that the point of bitcoin is that everyone than verify the transaction but you could attack the communication needed for the verification.
If china tries they could split the whole blockchain... and they could have enough hardware to make the other international chain the orphan. Maybe other countries would compete not to make this happen or they would be more than happy since it would discredit the whole btc idea.
Paper? I guess most money is in some databases. So it wouldn't make a huge difference.
(Just guessing! Look up the numbers.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkRLeQqVT4
Edited video in for fun