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The Richest Man in the World Might Be a Ghost
SATOSHI NAKAMOTO’s ideas were noble; the outcome was legendary
Frank Gallagher, Ph.C5 min read·Just now--
There is something deeply hilarious about the fact that the most rebellious financial revolution of the last century was launched by a man nobody can find.
Not the CIA.
Not governments.
Not billionaires with private islands shaped like ego problems.
Not journalists with Pulitzer dreams and caffeine addictions.
Nobody.
Meanwhile, the average guy cannot even open a social media account without accidentally uploading three selfies, his passport, his grandmother’s birthday, and his exact GPS coordinates to seventeen corporations at once.
But this man?
Nothing.
Just a name floating through the internet like cigarette smoke in a dark jazz club:
Satoshi Nakamoto.
Maybe Japanese.
Probably not Japanese.
Maybe alive.
Maybe dead.
Maybe one person.
Maybe a group of cryptographers sitting in a…
