John Carreyrou

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Thank you.

Somewhere between 99.5% and 100%.

Well, I think Bitcoin, it's fair to say, is one of the greatest financial innovations of the past few decades.

It's created this new currency.

It's made the concept of a decentralized currency on the Internet that is available all over the world that can bypass governments and banks possible.

It's spawned a $2.4 trillion industry.

And I think it's in the public interest to know who is behind this.

Who is this person who has upended our financial landscape?

What was motivating him?

What caused him to create this decentralized electronic currency?

I want to know.

Satoshi Nakamoto appeared on the internet in late 2008 when he announced his white paper, which is this nine-page academic-like document that outlines how Bitcoin works.

He then stuck around for two and a half years under that pseudonym to improve upon the software and perfect it with a group of early adopters.

And then suddenly, in April of 2011, he disappeared.

And shortly thereafter, efforts began to figure out who he was.

The so-called founder, Satoshi Nakamoto.

The Ben Bernanke of Bitcoin.

People have spent, not just journalists, but academics, internet sleuths have spent the past 17 years trying to unmask this guy.

And no one had succeeded.