Elon Musk May Be the Creator of Bitcoin, a Former SpaceX Intern TheorizesCould the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX have created the biggest cryptocurrency as well?
One of the key mysteries of Bitcoin -- which recently reached a jaw-dropping value ofmore than $9,000-- is who exactly created the cryptocurrency. Satoshi Nakamoto is listed as the author of the original paper describing Bitcoin, but no actual person, or group, has come out to say they are Nakamoto.
Well, hold onto your hats, because Sahil Gupta, who says he was asoftware engineering internat SpaceX, recently wrote aMedium postmaking a case that Satoshi Nakamoto is none other thanElon Musk.
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古普塔的这一说法的证据是什么?没有什么公司ncrete, but his logic is relatively sound. The original 2008 Bitcoin paper was written by someone "with a deep understanding of economics and cryptography," which Gupta says Musk possesses. Musk is also a master of coding language C++, the language Bitcoin was written in, Gupta says.
"Experience aside, Elon is a self-taught polymath. He's repeatedly innovated across fields by readingbookson a subject and applying the knowledge," Gupta writes. "It's how hebuilt rockets, invented the Hyperloop (which he released to the world as apaper), and could have invented Bitcoin.
Gupta then points to this 2014 tweet from Musk as a possible coy confession that he created Bitcoin.
@X4NWOWell, now that Satoshi Nakamoto has been discovered, I guess it is case closed ... :)
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)March 14, 2014
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But, my favorite piece of Gupta's argument is this: "Would Elon choose a pseudonym that's an anagram for 'So a man took a shit?' Of course."
It's not much to go on, but it's certainly an interesting hypothesis. What do you think? Did Elon Musk create Bitcoin? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
