Theory? Was Bitcoin invented by NSA?
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"Satoshi is a member of the 1%"
This "1%" shit has always bothered me. 1% of people might be wealthy, but when it comes to the people pulling the strings, it's not the 1%, it's more like the 0.00001%.
I just feel like it's a term created by those who are trying to distract us from the fact that billions of people are controlled by thousands. They want us to blame the rich, not those who actually rig the system to work the way it does.
"Satoshi" is likely a group of at least 3 or more people, at least 1 of which is Nick Szabo and at least tangentially involving Hal Finney. They chose a very Japanese sounding name to deflect attention by the authorities who had recently arrested Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Liberty Dollar. It is interesting to note there was an actual person by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto who didn't live far from Hal Finney, and may very well have served, at least subconsciously, as an inspiration for the pseudonym.
Bitcoin was nothing special when it launched. In fact, nobody expected it to go anywhere. It was mostly just a rehash of electronic payment systems that had been tried before, along with a Proof of Work algorithm originally intended to stop SPAM email.
I enjoy a good conspiracy as much as the next guy, but if you know the history of crypto, you realize it was simply way too tenuous in the beginning to be a legitimate secret op. An NSA or CIA op would have been much better funded with better marketing so that they could guarantee it would be accepted. Not just a guy at Caltech using a fake email account.