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Elon Musk Says He Is Not Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto (bloomberg.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mystery-solved dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Not only does Elon Musk deny being the mysterious creator of bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto, but he's also forgotten where he keeps his cryptocurrency. Musk's assertions came in response to a blog post coursing through digital-currency sites that suggested the PayPal co-founder and Tesla chief executive officer himself is probably the bitcoin originator who used the alias Nakamoto. "Not true," Musk said Tuesday in a tweet. "A friend sent me part of a BTC a few years, but I don't know where it is."

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  1. Obviously by jandrese · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This was the dumbest Satoshi theory yet. I can't believe that Elon actually responded to it.

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    I read the internet for the articles.
    1. Re:Obviously by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 4, Funny

      This was the dumbest Satoshi theory yet. I can't believe that Elon actually responded to it.

      Of course he responded to it and denied it. Which just goes to prove that it's really true!

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      Do you have ESP?
    2. Re:Obviously by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Funny

      I am Spartoshi!

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      #DeleteFacebook
  2. Musk is not Satoshi Nakamoto? by thomn8r · · Score: 4, Funny

    That sounds exactly like something Satoshi Nakamoto would say...

  3. Satoshi Nakamoto by zmooc · · Score: 3, Informative

    Isn't one of the most defining characteristics of Satoshi Nakamoto that he says that he isn't Satoshi Nakamoto? :p

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  4. Re:No by pr0fessor · · Score: 3, Informative

    PayPal was a competing product to Musk's x.com the companies merged and Musk was removed from the CEO position when the company re-branded as paypal and the two products were merged. He sat on the board until it was bought out by ebay a couple years later.