Ever since Bitcoin (BTC) was created fifteen years ago, crypto community members have been trying to unmask the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. Most tried with no success, so ultimately Satoshi Nakamoto became the Keyser Söze of the cryptoverse. However, prominent media personality Tucker Clarkson is confident he has identified BTC’s pseudonymous creator.
According to Clarkson, the real Satoshi is not a Tokyo whiz kid, nor a spy or a bunch of engineers in the Chinese Communist Party. It’s the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Did The CIA Invent Bitcoin?
Tucker Clarkson has kindled a heated debate within the cryptocurrency community after asserting that the Central Intelligence Agency developed Bitcoin (BTC).
“Obviously it was the CIA, we all know that,” said Carlson during a private event at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference “It’s like Signal, they got there first. It’s a honeytrap!”
The former Fox News journalist suggested that crypto proponents are quite intelligent and can provide answers to all questions besides those relating to the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. “Somebody should answer that,” he posited. “I think we know.”
Clarkson’s remarks attracted considerable attention on the X platform, including from former UFC/MMA fighter Jake Shields.
Notably, Tucker’s theory is not new. Uncorroborated rumors about CIA involvement with Bitcoin have long swirled on social media platforms like Reddit. But where does the theory stem from? Well, CIA Director William Burns previously admitted that the CIA had launched a handful of projects to keep track of cryptocurrencies.
Moreover, the former boss of the intelligence agency, Michael Morell, even once said that the technology behind Bitcoin is a “boon for surveillance” and shouldn’t be snubbed by governments but embraced.
What The Community Has To Say
Tyler Durden, a prominent figure in the community, rebutted the CIA connection, contending that the intelligence agency’s involvement came later with the industry’s second-largest cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH): “It wasn’t CIA. They came in late with Ethereum because someone beat them to the punch with Bitcoin. So they’ve basically spent the last decade trying to build and kill crypto around Bitcoin which in turn would bring it down too. Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked now they’re fucked.”
Furthermore, John Hawkins, author of “101 Things All Young Adults Should Know”, blasted Carlson’s claim as ridiculous: “Tucker doesn’t have the slightest idea. He’s just wildly speculating based on nothing.”
For hard-core Bitcoiners, the person behind Bitcoin no longer matters matter, based on the fact that the project’s code and ledger are 100% transparent.
When all is said and done, Carlson agrees with that perspective. “It doesn’t make it any less a history-transforming technology,” he observed. “Crypto gives the average person the freedom to conduct his affairs without oversight or control.”
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