章 1200: What Changed?

Baruch wasn't the only one that fainted.

The number of heart attacks in Manhattan had risen by ten times in one day.

The securities market was going through a gloomy stage; and people began to feel pessimistic about the North American economy.

The chain effect caused by this quickly swept through the global financial market. Just like a row of dominos, the stocks and futures market across the world began to fall…

What did it mean for cryptography systems to fail?

This wasn't as simple as passwords being hacked and bank accounts being stolen.

This meant that all financial products would lose their guarantee due to the failure of algorithms such as the RSA.

The first financial product impacted were the digital cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Online merchant platforms that accepted bitcoin as a form of payment started to no longer support digital currency payment, in an attempt to steer away from the storm.