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- According to Elon Musk, secret crypto expert Nick Szabo may be Satoshi Nakamoto.
- “He seems to be more responsible for the ideas behind Bitcoin than anyone else,” Musk said.
- Szabo publicly talked about the history of Bitcoin, but repeatedly denied that he was Nakamoto.
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Elon Musk has many agreed that super-secret cryptocurrency expert Nick Szabo could be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the mystery of the digital currency Bitcoin. It seems.
“You can see the evolution of ideas before the launch of Bitcoin and see who wrote about those ideas,” Musk told artificial intelligence researcher Lex Fridman in a podcast released Tuesday. I asked what you think about it.
Tesla’s billionaire did not “obviously” know who created Bitcoin, but said Szabo’s theory seemed to be the basis for the creation of major cryptocurrencies.
“Nick Szabo is probably more responsible for the evolution of these ideas than anyone else,” he said. “He claims he’s not Nakamoto, but I’m not sure if it’s here or there, but he seems to be more responsible for the ideas behind Bitcoin than anyone else. . “
Bitcoin was first proposed by Satoshi Nakamoto in October 2008. This is a pseudonym that people believe to be one or several.
In 2014, a team of linguistic researchers studied Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper, along with the writings of Szabo and 10 other possible creators. They found the results indisputable.
“The number of linguistic similarities between Szabo’s writing and the Bitcoin white paper is tremendous,” the researchers said.
The 2015 New York Times report also fixed Bitcoin’s invention to Szabo.He publicly talked about the history of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, but he repeats Rejected claims That he is the anonymous inventor behind digital assets. Another reason he links to Bitcoin is that he created the “Bitcoin” cryptocurrency in 1998.
Musk said he didn’t think it was so important behind the identity of the creator of Bitcoin. “What’s the name anyway? It’s the name given to the idea. What does that really mean?”
In support of his ideas, he quoted William Shakespeare’s words. “Rose with other names will have a sweet scent.”
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