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Who Was Bitcoin’s Satoshi? I Need to Know and So Do You
It’s important to learn the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto for economic, financial and political reasons.
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Who is or was Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin? A recent HBO documentary names Peter Todd, with the possible assistance of Adam Back. Suffice to say the truth here remains an open question, but it is worth asking: Why does anyone care?
There is in fact a great deal at stake, certainly at the intellectual level and probably financially and politically as well. It’s only natural, and even healthy, to be curious about who could have created more than $1 trillion in market capitalization.