Elon Musk appears to concur with many others that the ultra-secretive cryptocurrency specialist Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto, the enigmatic creator of bitcoin as reported by Yahoo.
Evolution of ideas
When asked about Nakamoto’s identity, Musk told artificial-intelligence researcher Lex Fridman in a podcast aired Tuesday, “You can look at the progression of ideas before the birth of bitcoin and see who wrote about those ideas.”
While the Tesla billionaire admitted that he “clearly” didn’t know who invented bitcoin, Szabo’s beliefs appeared to be crucial in the development of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
“It appears that Nick Szabo, more than anybody else, is most likely responsible for the evolution of those ideas,” he stated. “He claims he isn’t Nakamoto, but I’m not convinced that proves anything. However, he appears to be the person more responsible for the bitcoin concepts than anyone else.”
Bitcoin
Bitcoin was first proposed in October 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for who people believed could be one person or several people.
In 2014, a team of linguistic researchers studied Nakamoto’s bitcoin whitepaper alongside the writing of Szabo and 10 other possible creators.
They found the results to be indisputable.
A 2015 New York Times report also pinned bitcoin’s invention on Szabo.
He has spoken publicly about the history of bitcoin and blockchain technology, but he’s repeatedly denied claims that he’s the anonymous inventor behind the digital asset.
Backing his thought, he quoted William Shakespeare to say: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
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Source: Yahoo
