The real Satoshi could make or break bitcoin

• Autores: Hal Hodson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3073, 2016, pág. 21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An Australian entrepreneur called Craig Wright has spent the past few months trying to prove that he is someone hitherto known as Satoshi Nakamoto. He abandoned his quest, but it is still important to reveal who Nakamoto really. Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the presumed creator of bitcoin, a digital currency that is essentially a form of virtual cash. Wright hired PR firm to sell himself to the BBC, the Economist and GQ as Nakamoto, and set up an elaborate proof demonstration in a London hotel room. Here, Hodson features how the real Nakamoto could make or break bitcoin