In a tweet about Bitcoin creator “Satoshi Nakamoto,” Elon Musk has poured fuel to the flames. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stated that the pseudonym employed by Bitcoin’s creators is nothing more than a collection of company names stitched together.
Samsung, Toshiba, Nakamichi, and Motorola were all lined together in a snapshot that Musk published. The pseudonym ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ is made up of bits and pieces of brand names like ‘Sa’ from Samsung, ‘To’ from Toshiba, ‘Naka’ from Nakamichi, and ‘Moto’ from Motorola, as seen by the circles.
However, some individuals have claimed to be the renowned Japanese programmer and developer named “Satoshi Nakamoto.” The identity has never been proven. In 2007, Nakamoto started creating the Bitcoin source code, and he worked on it until 2011. Numerous theories suggest that Nakamoto is really a group rather than a single person, despite his Japanese alias.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2022
After Elon Musk’s remark on Nakamoto, Twitter users had a field day offering their thoughts.
As the inventor of Dogecoin, Shibetoshi Nakamoto, tweeted: “Woa the creator of bitcoin is half Japanese half Korean and a quarter American.” Many have speculated that Elon is Satoshi, including the YouTuber The Moon Carl.
Woa the creator of bitcoin is half Japanese, a quarter Korean and a quarter American
— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) March 9, 2022
Elon is Satoshi 👀
— The Moon (@TheMoonCarl) March 9, 2022
Imagine @elonmusk just comes out and says he’s Satoshi…..
👀
— David Gokhshtein (@davidgokhshtein) March 9, 2022
If This Is True Once Again @elonmusk 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏https://t.co/HfGP8Dz5Oi
— Ѕαи∂єєρ Gυттιкσи∂α (@ThisIsSandeepG) November 28, 2017
Elon is this you and Satoshi Nakamoto? pic.twitter.com/2A6eZ8knEg
— Dippudo ᵍᵐ 🦇🔊🏴 (@dippudo) March 9, 2022
Hey @elonmusk, how’s $Marvin? pic.twitter.com/lpB7iydoVJ
— Marvin Inu (@Marvin_Inu) March 9, 2022
Rumors about Elon Musk’s identity as Satoshi Nakamoto first surfaced in 2017. With a tweet, the CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla quashed the rumors. The following are some more amusing comments:
Nakamoto’s ability to converse in English at a natural level has fueled speculation that he is not Japanese. Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, handed over ownership of the Bitcoin source code repository in 2010 and transferred many domains to notable members of the Bitcoin community.
Nakamoto is one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, with his holdings of Bitcoins estimated to be anywhere between 750,001 and 1,100,000.