American billionaire Ilon Mask said who actually created Bitcoin. The world community circulates the name of Satoshi Dzamoto, however, a well-known scientist Nick Sabo may be hidden under mythically, reports Ren TV.
With his opinion, the head of Spacex Corporations and Tesla shared in the podcast of Lex Friedman. The presenter asked how Ilon Mask refers to rumors about his involvement in the appearance of Bitcoin, and received a completely unequivocal answer.
“Real Satoshi Dzamoto is not me, but Nick Sabo, a scientist working in the field of computer science and cryptography,” said Mask.
According to him, Sabo belongs to ideas resembling the basic principles of the blockchain. And even if the scientist is not the “Father-founder” Bitcoin, his activity significantly influenced the formation of popular cryptocurrency.
Linguists, in turn, note the similarity of the styles of the letter of the American scientist and the author Bitcoin. In addition, it was Sabo that in 1998 came up with the Bit Gold digital currency algorithm preceded by Bitcoin. NAC itself refutes information on participation in the development of a modern payment system.