Peter Todd has gone underground after an HBO documentary named him as the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, whose real identity has long remained a mystery.
Other billionaires also have security. The accused people who aren’t really Satoshi likely don’t have the means to properly protect themselves the same way.
Satoshi could liquidate 4.76% of all the bitcoins that will ever exist, that would wipe the crypto market and potentially bring the stock market along for a very bumpy ride, wipe a ton of money in pension funds and so on.
The fact that one person owns that much Bitcoin should worry anyone who is invested in it.
Yes but having billions in Bitcoin more closely resembles having billions in cash than billions in stocks / other assets which are harder to steal and get away with.
Ironically, that’s the kind of “issue” you need trustworthy banks for. The thing crypto was meant to replace. But none of the crypto exchanges that exist are trustworthy enough
He potentially has billions of dollars in bitcoin
Bad people do bad things for big sums of money
But … there are other billionaires out there who are not going into hiding because they are billionaires.
Other billionaires also have security. The accused people who aren’t really Satoshi likely don’t have the means to properly protect themselves the same way.
Satoshi could liquidate 4.76% of all the bitcoins that will ever exist, that would wipe the crypto market and potentially bring the stock market along for a very bumpy ride, wipe a ton of money in pension funds and so on.
The fact that one person owns that much Bitcoin should worry anyone who is invested in it.
Yes but having billions in Bitcoin more closely resembles having billions in cash than billions in stocks / other assets which are harder to steal and get away with.
Ironically, that’s the kind of “issue” you need trustworthy banks for. The thing crypto was meant to replace. But none of the crypto exchanges that exist are trustworthy enough
I still don’t understand why crypto exchanges exist is an unregulated, decentralized currency, wouldn’t an exchange remove part of those benefits?