> Bitcoin mining is accomplished by "solving" a particular mathematical pro=
blem.

I put my "paranoid" hat on and began to wonder whether there's another purp=
ose for these "mathematical solutions."
I mean, could it put a dent in RSA cryptography if you simply publish a big=
 long list of semiprime numbers and their factors?

Or something like that.

BillW


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