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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-28/elon-musk-tweets-to-debunk-speculation-that-he-s-behind-bitcoin (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-28/elon-musk-tweets-to-debunk-speculation-that-he-s-behind-bitcoin)
It has been rumored for a while already, but today Elon Musk gave his answer. So, what do you think about it? Could Elon Musk be a Satoshi Nakamoto?

Witchhunt has begun, we need a scapegoat !

All I got out of this is that Elon Musk is responsible for burning part of a BTC.  The bastard!   :D

Just as he tweeted he is not Satoshi Nakamoto. Just compare PayPal (where he has been working for some time). His working style is completely different from Nakamoto's. Also BTC can't be called a "green" technology so it can't be so populistic as Elon Musk usualy do.

I don't understand why people are so obsessed with finding out who Satoshi Nakamoto is. It has pretty much become a buzzword by now. Doesn't matter who he is, the system he created works and I think that's the only thing that should concern us.

The very early plans for PayPal were actually eerily similar to bitcoin's aims. They got bogged down by the usual banking, business and regulation stuff. I don't know if that was before his time.

Why are you spreading misinformation? The article is about how Elon IS NOT Satoshi. Yet your thread headline is that Elon IS Satoshi...and in you're commentary you're still pushing that it's possible.

If you don't believe what the article is saying, why don't you share what details seem fake?

Elon Musk was starting Tesla in 2008/2009, do you think he also had time to deploy a project as revolutionary and fragile as Bitcoin? I doubt he is Satoshi, but he could have been part of the original group of Cypherpunks that Satoshi delivered his/her white paper to.

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Elon got booted as CEO from PayPal in 2000 and PayPal was sold to eBay for $1.5B in 2003. So....Elon HASN'T been working at PayPal for some time.

Despite whatever wild speculation is bound to accompany this, I do not believe for a moment that Elon Musk is Nakamoto. There is no way that the man who was a founder of PayPal would also be intent on making something that could beat his business, and keep in mind the money Musk had from PayPal was still a considerable sum. Making a cryptocurrency about 6 years after selling PayPal is possible, but I doubt he would have been taking the time to make a crypto considering he had already started to invest in SpaceX and Tesla (and Solarcity) at the time.

While it could have been a special project, I find it doubtful he's involved with it to any significant extent.

This conspiracy theory reminds me of a characterize in the movie CARS 2 Sir Miles Axlerod and his invention ALLINOL. Elon Musk PAYPAL, then bitcoin.

may be yes, look at this guy presenting electrical trailer truck which  have 16 wheel and can run 60 km/h in just second its truly amazing..

Until now many people claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto but the evidence they have is still lacking, I'm sure he will not show himself in public. Because it could be going to happen things that are not in want, for example he was kidnapped and forced to open all the keys to access blockchain. And there is the beginning of the bitcoin destruction.

I read this rumour and chuckled.  A man with the self-promotion and ego of Musk being the reclusive Satoshi?  Doesn't sound likely, and then factor in Paypal history and launching Tesla at the time of Bitcoin makes it daft.

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I don't think so but people are using musk to mine for free

This isn't the first time someone throws out some wild guess to who Satoshi Nakamoto is and it won't be the last either.
It's becoming some sort of tradition to make come out with some far fetched theories about the identity of Satoshi.

list of Possible Satoshis (some have been debunked):

Nick Szabo
Dorian Nakamoto
Hal Finney
Craig Steven Wright
Gavin Andresen
CIA
Elon Musk

And I'm sure there are many more to come...

Well, he has kept himself hidden for a purpose. Even if Satoshi is Elon Musk, he won't reveal that just upon a leak from some intern. But Elon is truly revolutionary based on his products and ideas, he can very well be the inventor of the next generation of currency.

Elon Musk is a known personality ( especially in advanced digital technology); if we extrapolate  such profile into satoshi Nakamoto's one , we can confidently conclude they aren't the same person, because bitcoin founder must be highly hidden ( for his safety and security )

Anyone who is claiming he is Satoshi Nakamoto is most probably not him.No one knows who is real Satoshi Nakamoto or if he is even alive.I don't believe anyone who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto because real Satoshi Nakamoto won't reveal his identity.He has kept his identity private for a reason and if he reveals his real idenity now then many people,corporation,government etc may be after him who are against bitcoin. ::)

Every time BTC is being noticed by huge institutions, there is always someone like Craig fooling around.


It doesn't even matter whether one of the is satoshi. Is the price of the tokens that matter these days. We do appreciate his works even before BTC was less than $1k. But that that's just it. What does he get after proving he is satoshi by the way?

Wow , another fake news. It's really hard to believe even though you give proofs. Most of the theories till now have turned out to be fake and this makes me feel that rest will also be the same. Unless there is an official news or this news dosent hit the news , I won't believe it.

Elon Musk is not Satoshi Nakamoto.
I am Satoshi Nakamoto.  :)

Elon musk himself has revealed that he's not the one who has invented the revolutionary technology which is the key factor for the bitcoin. Yes, he too support the technology based growth and has invested huge on cryptocurrency as well has kept him involved into several technology based business.

Well Satoshi did say that he was going onto other projects and it might have been when he left PayPal too. Elon Musk

should seriously consider accepting Bitcoin directly for his Tesla cars and his Power Wall.... because there is a huge demand

for it in the Bitcoin community. Imagine using his Power wall, combined with Solar panels with Crypto currency mining.  ;)

Perhaps Elon Musk can be a big bitcoin investor but i don't think that he is satoshi. But i am sure he will realize cryptocurrency world and will be on scene with a great project on blockhain

i think your published wrong message abt elon musk.that article wrote about he is not bitcoin creator satoshi nakamoto.
do not publish misinformation.

It’s just a ploy for Elon to keep his name in the spotlight.

It would be ironic if he was.

Bitcoin = going to the moon
Tesla= going bankrupt

in my opinion, if satoshi nakamoto is a good person, he will not reveal his identity because he doesn't need to be famous. he will think that it is better for him to stay behind the dark without anyone know who is he. a good person doesn't need to be known by other people but he will do the best he can and make sure what he does will work fine. so if there is any person that wants to try to reveal that he is the real satoshi nakamoto then it is up to you, do you believe or not.

Wait what? Was it ever rumored that Elon Musk was Satoshi? This is the first I've heard of it. Although, if we were guessing who Satoshi was based on merit alone, though, Elon Musk would also be at the top of my list. He's obviously a very brilliant man who is a true innovator. He's one of the few genuine revolutionaries of which Satoshi is also a part of. But then again, he's already a wildly popular personality and it just makes no sense for him to hide the fact that he created Bitcoin. If he says he's not Satoshi, I believe him.

Damn! Fking Clickbait! I thought my idol was the man behind this greatest invention. OP could you not have used a fking Question mark? is it that hard to press a key!

Anyone can claim Mr. Satoshi Nakamoto and it's difficult to find him except he/they will inform the public their identities. It's better for them to hide their identities in secret to protect their lives.

It doesn't really matter who Satoshi is for bitcoin is open source so knowing and not knowing is just about our own curiousity.

Because he's controversial and everyone wants to know who he really is. I'm also obsess and curious who Satoshi Nakamoto really is.

But I think he's not only a single person, he might be a group and SN is just a codename. This rumor that Elon Musk is SN is also now popular in social medias.

Elon is just a marketing face, he sells his products and does it a quite good. He could be a seller of Bitcoin but not a creator. Satoshi doesn't exist as a person, all of us are playing a well staged game and a question is not "Who" but "When" (..will they take all of our money..)

No such thing as Green Technology. It doesn't exist yet.
When it does, Bitcoin will most likely go Green too.

If he's keeping it hidden he's playing dumb and doing a good job of making sure the secret is kept because he says he was given part of a Bitcoin but doesn't know where it is.

Elon Musk isn't   Satoshi Nakamoto (his work , style , Design) away from satoshi way (check satoshi posts).

theymos (Admin) say he may release IP, PM of satoshi in future so may give us more information's.

Haha I heard that in a couple of places, I don't think it is true otherwise he would just cash out a few bitcoin to help with the Tesla books which are in need of some help currently with their cashflow.

Proof pls

maybe, finding satoshi nakamoto is one of their goal of life. back to topic, just because elon working on paypal a few year ago, it doesnt prove that he is nakamoto.

elon musk has created many amazing things and amazing projects, and bitcoin one of the most amazing inventions yet we never know who discovered the bitcoin. it could be the elon musk that finds the bitcoin with the name satoshi nakamoto because seen from all his super great inventions

I like your hypothesis but , in my opinion, i don't thing Elon Musk is Satoshi Nakamoto, because EM do the "green" thing and bitcoin is not totally "green" and the maxim of EM is different from what bitcoin exposes in general. 2 man above are great man with great inventions but is not the same one.