Bitcoin was created in 2009 by an anonymous person with a fake name of Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity remains a mystery. In a recent interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk named computer scientist Nick Szabo as the anonymous creator who could be the brains behind the birth of the world’s first cryptocurrency. gender. Musk was asked on the Lex Fridman podcast when he made the statement. Musk also revealed that people often suspect him as the creator of Bitcoin, a claim he has denied so far.
While making it clear that he “obviously” doesn’t know about By Nakamoto real identity, Musk said that Szabo ticked all the boxes indicating he could be the anonymous founder of Bitcoin.
In 1998, Szabo proposed the creation of a digital currency. At that time, the scientist named this currency “BitGold”. Musk believes that Szabo “seems to be more responsible for the ideas behind Bitcoin than anyone else.”
“Looking at the development of pre-launch ideas Bitcoin and see who wrote about those ideas,” Musk said.
Szabo’s project was never fully completed, but many see it as a precursor to Bitcoin. Previously, the scientist denied the claim that he was the creator of Bitcoin.
Nakamoto’s hidden identity has been the subject of intrigues for years now.
Early October, PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel said he may have accidentally met Satoshi Nakamoto in 2000.
According to Thiel, about 21 years ago, a group of about 200 people aspired to promote a new monetary system with the ability to challenge the monopoly of central banks. The billionaire believes Nakamoto could have been in that group.
In September 2021, for the first and only time statue by Satoshi Nakamoto was announced in Budapest. While the bronze statue’s facial features are not clearly identified, the statue wears a hoodie.
In 2011, the mysterious Bitcoin inventor broke up with the crypto space and appeared to be “moving on to other things.”
Bitcoin tokens in Nakamoto’s wallet, amounting to more than $66 billion (approximately Rs 4,96,814) so far has not been spent.
