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Why not? AFAIK, the wallets that are supposed to belong to him have not been touched in a long time. Based on the industry he created, he likely would be a cand

Why not? AFAIK, the wallets that are supposed to belong to him have not been touched in a long time. Based on the industry he created, he likely would be a candidate for the Nobel prize in economics. I think it can safely be assumed that he is dead. Or that he is a person with very little interest in money and fame, which is possible but unlikely. Persons like Grigory Perelman are rare.

fdsafdsalkj 3y ago
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- eimrine 3y ago
  Yes, using Bitcoin/other cryptocurrencies is always a good move if you are a person with Libertarian views.
  - bigfishrunning 3y ago
    Except for the fact that it is (a) not as anonymous as advertised, and (b) only as valuable as the "greater fool" thinks it is...
    - Beijinger 3y ago
      He laid the foundation for crypto and blockchain. Hey, anybody still remembering Napster? Nobody uses it anymore. But not because it was bad, it got replaced by better things. Bitcoin not anonymous enough? Try Monero.
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    I went looking to see what the criteria are for a Nobel prize, as I too think the idea of bitcoin getting one is ridiculous. I don’t find much - except that the prize in economic sciences isn’t a Nobel prize. “The prize in economic sciences is not a Nobel Prize. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) instituted “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”, and it has since been awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes.” https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/economic-sciences/ https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/economic-sciences/
- Beijinger 3y ago
  Well, it is a multibillion dollar industry. And it is my understanding that he did not only invent crypto currencies but also the blockchain. While extremely inefficient from a database viewpoint, many many companies are throwing cash on it because they see potential in industry, finance, legal etc.
  - cyberax 3y ago
    Should we give Nobel to drug cartels in Mexico for their innovative business model?
    - Beijinger 3y ago
      The blockchain is used for many things: https://cointelegraph.com/news/volkswagen-pilots-blockchain-to-integrate-electric-vehicles-with-power-grids https://cointelegraph.com/news/volkswagen-pilots-blockchain-... https://www.cbinsights.com/research/blockchain-disrupting-banking/ https://www.cbinsights.com/research/blockchain-disrupting-ba... Hey, countless universities have blockchain research departments Yes, it is possible that Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain will once be viewed on as the Segway of the IT industry. But lets see.
      - cyberax 3y ago
        Nope. Blockchain is not used for anything useful. It's pretty much exclusively grift and/or crime. All the nonsense about inventory tracking on blockchain went exactly nowhere.
      - cyberax 3y ago
        Wow, I looked at the WV and EnergyWeb. It's such a canonical 100% buzzword-driven nonsense, that my BS meter just went off the scale. Prediction: they will run out of investors' money within the next couple of years, and then they'll quietly die, like all other "blockchain" startups.
      - bananapub 3y ago
        > The blockchain is used for many things: regrettably not anything useful, however.
- shak1 3y ago
  Like it or dislike it, he created a trillion dollar industry by himself. If that isn't worthy of a nobel prize in economics, idk what is
  - sho_hn 3y ago
    > "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind" Who would claim this with a straight face about a creation with the externalities of Bitcoin?
- cyberax 3y ago
  It enabled a lot of new markets and revitalized some old ones: ransomware, drug trading, kidnapping, CSAM trade, and even international sanctions busting. All the good stuff, in other words.
- kreetx 3y ago
  It seems to be becoming the hard money, no?

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eimrine 3y ago
Yes, using Bitcoin/other cryptocurrencies is always a good move if you are a person with Libertarian views.
- bigfishrunning 3y ago
  Except for the fact that it is (a) not as anonymous as advertised, and (b) only as valuable as the "greater fool" thinks it is...
  - Beijinger 3y ago
    He laid the foundation for crypto and blockchain. Hey, anybody still remembering Napster? Nobody uses it anymore. But not because it was bad, it got replaced by better things. Bitcoin not anonymous enough? Try Monero.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  I went looking to see what the criteria are for a Nobel prize, as I too think the idea of bitcoin getting one is ridiculous. I don’t find much - except that the prize in economic sciences isn’t a Nobel prize. “The prize in economic sciences is not a Nobel Prize. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) instituted “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”, and it has since been awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes.” https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/economic-sciences/ https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/economic-sciences/
Beijinger 3y ago
Well, it is a multibillion dollar industry. And it is my understanding that he did not only invent crypto currencies but also the blockchain. While extremely inefficient from a database viewpoint, many many companies are throwing cash on it because they see potential in industry, finance, legal etc.
- cyberax 3y ago
  Should we give Nobel to drug cartels in Mexico for their innovative business model?
  - Beijinger 3y ago
    The blockchain is used for many things: https://cointelegraph.com/news/volkswagen-pilots-blockchain-to-integrate-electric-vehicles-with-power-grids https://cointelegraph.com/news/volkswagen-pilots-blockchain-... https://www.cbinsights.com/research/blockchain-disrupting-banking/ https://www.cbinsights.com/research/blockchain-disrupting-ba... Hey, countless universities have blockchain research departments Yes, it is possible that Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain will once be viewed on as the Segway of the IT industry. But lets see.
    - cyberax 3y ago
      Nope. Blockchain is not used for anything useful. It's pretty much exclusively grift and/or crime. All the nonsense about inventory tracking on blockchain went exactly nowhere.
    - cyberax 3y ago
      Wow, I looked at the WV and EnergyWeb. It's such a canonical 100% buzzword-driven nonsense, that my BS meter just went off the scale. Prediction: they will run out of investors' money within the next couple of years, and then they'll quietly die, like all other "blockchain" startups.
    - bananapub 3y ago
      > The blockchain is used for many things: regrettably not anything useful, however.
shak1 3y ago
Like it or dislike it, he created a trillion dollar industry by himself. If that isn't worthy of a nobel prize in economics, idk what is
- sho_hn 3y ago
  > "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind" Who would claim this with a straight face about a creation with the externalities of Bitcoin?
cyberax 3y ago
It enabled a lot of new markets and revitalized some old ones: ransomware, drug trading, kidnapping, CSAM trade, and even international sanctions busting. All the good stuff, in other words.
kreetx 3y ago
It seems to be becoming the hard money, no?