Interview with masked guys on bitcoin
The concept of bitcoin was founded by Nakamoto
On December 12, 2010, when bitcoin graally became a hot topic, he quietly left and disappeared from the Internet As a descendant of samurai, Nakamoto was born in 1949 in Beppu, Japan. His mother, quanzi, was a Buddhist and brought him up in poverty When his parents divorced in 1959, Nakamoto's mother remarried and immigrated to California with her three sons. Nakamoto and his stepfather don't get along well, but according to his younger brother Arthur, Nakamoto showed his talent in mathematics and science when he was very young, but also showed his "fickle and strange interest"Nakamoto graated from Caltech, majoring in physics. Upon graation, he joined Hughes Aircraft and worked in defense and electronic communications. Later, Nakamoto worked for the U.S. military, and his experience was classified as a state secret. Now searching his files, his life is a blank
In 2008, in an e-mail group discussing information encryption on the Internet, he published an article outlining the basic framework of the bitcoin system. In 2009, he established an open source project for the system, officially announcing the birth of bitcoin. On December 12, 2010, when bitcoin graally became the climate, he quietly left and disappeared from the InternetWhat are the application scenarios in the right field? Generally speaking, the application links are: confirmation of rights; Rights protection and utilization
right confirmation: the blockchain will generate a fixed length and unique string based on the hash algorithm, and store it in the network distributed ledger maintained by all of us, so as to achieve tamperable ownership records and statements
rights protection: it is generally based on artificial intelligence technology, such as intelligent crawler and eigenvalue ratio. Docking with the blockchain is to solidify the electronic evidence after discovering the infringement, which is equivalent to making electronic evidence based on the blockchain technology
Rights: this part is more interesting. On the one hand, the conventional sense of right transfer and trading corresponds to the existing exchanges and right trading centers. Based on blockchain technology, integrate online and offline resources, record some electronic contracts and flow information, and facilitate the implementation of functions such as traceability and anti-counterfeiting; On the other hand, after the advent of the digital era, a large number of digital right micro works and interest chain are redefined and divided. Based on the blockchain technology, point-to-point disintermediation of right authorization and transaction, to build a new ecology
in addition, there are more scenarios such as right derivation and IP incubation. Based on the trusted network of blockchain, a new right market ecology and mode will be built, and many scenarios need to be developed and implemented. Many companies in the instry are trying and exploring, such as Xiaoxi intelligent
Robert Schiller, a well-known economist and Nobel Laureate in economics, recently accepted an interview with CNBC's trading nation column and expressed his views on BTC. He believes that bitcoin may be a bubble, but that does not mean that it will burst or disappear forever. p>
recently, Tim Draper, a well-known investor in Silicon Valley, predicted that the price of bitcoin could reach US $250000 by 2022
who is Craig Steven Wright< Craig Wright, a 45 year old Australian born in 1970, has many different identities: he has a doctorate in theology, worked as a guest lecturer and researcher in computer science at Charlotte University, wrote many books, and is the CEO and founder of many companies, Most of these companies are in the field of virtual currency or computer network security
now, he has a new label for himself: the father of bitcoin<
looking for the father of bitcoin
the father of bitcoin is a god like existence. He is the first to publish the white paper of bitcoin and write the earliest version of bitcoin. Countless people admire his exquisite design ideas and neat code structure, but no one has ever seen him in reality
what people know is only a character with the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto. He created bitcoin, but he hides his identity on the Internet and only communicates with the outside world through electronic means. No one ever knows who he is. In 2011, he said that he had a new project, and since then, he has faded out of the daily maintenance and development of bitcoin. Later maintainers even contributed more code than him in the project. However, since the emergence of bitcoin in 2009, people have never given up looking for the real identity of the father of bitcoin
the conjecture has never been interrupted. In view of the fact that there are very few traces of Satoshi Nakamoto, people can only find his existence from the only traces. Some people speculate that he is British, because there are English expressions like "bloody hard" in his words. Others speculate that he lives in the eastern time zone of the United States according to the timestamps of his few emails. Others speculate that he is a socialist in the Netherlands and a mathematician in Japan according to his ideas and pseudonyms, It's Irish students... Among all the suspects, Nick Szabo and Hal Finney are the two most widely suspected, and even appeared in new Yorker and Newsweek. However, the former denies that the latter is no longer alive. Even some people think that bitcoin's exquisite design must have come from a team. Satoshi Nakamoto is a group of people, not a person
ring this period, countless people jumped out and claimed to be the father of bitcoin, and were found to be pranks or scams countless times. This time, Craig Wright took the initiative to show his identity to the BBC, the economist and GQ. Will he end the mystery< This is not the first time Craig Wright has been associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, the father of bitcoin. At the end of last year, someone anonymously reported to wired and Gizmodo that Craig Wright was most likely the father of bitcoin. They provided Craig Wright with many emails, phone calls, financial records and so on. All kinds of signs show that Craig Wright and bitcoin are inextricably linked<
however, shortly after the report was published, wire overturned this conclusion based on some back tone situations: they found that Craig Wright's claim on LinkedIn that his degree did not match the facts, and his company claimed to have purchased supercomputers from SGI, which was also denied by the latter. Since then, the search for the father of bitcoin has been temporarily deadlocked. What's more, almost at the same time as the news, the Australian tax authorities launched a surprise investigation into Craig Wright and his company, but no one ever knew the specific reasons and results of the investigation. Craig Wright remained silent throughout the incident, but left Australia to work in his London office
until today, six months later, on May 2, 2016, he took the initiative to stand up and claimed on his blog that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the father of bitcoin
why now
Craig Wright told the economist that he didn't disclose his identity for the sake of fame, but just to correct the public misunderstanding of him. According to him, in the months of silence, all kinds of public unfounded suspicions not only affected him and his work, but also his family, employees and everything. In addition, he also wants to break people's negative views and misunderstandings about bitcoin
if he is really Satoshi Nakamoto, his wealth is amazing. At present, the value of bitcoin in circulation is about US $7 billion, and Satoshi Nakamoto, as the earliest prospector of bitcoin, is estimated to hold as much as US $450 million in bitcoin on hand, although with the disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto, the money seems to be covered with st and has never been transferred. Craig Wright said that with his comeback, without affecting the exchange rate of bitcoin, he will slowly turn this money into cash for his research projects
Why did you think of using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto at that time? Craig Wright says the name comes from a 17th century Japanese philosopher and businessman, Tominaga Nakamoto, who started a critical movement against rules and supported free trade. As for why Satoshi, Craig Wright didn't give a positive answer, but told reporters that he wanted to keep this part mysterious
however, since you have chosen the bright identity, how much mystery can you keep<
uncover the mystery
in view of all kinds of doubts that Craig Wright suffered at the end of 2015, it is obvious that more strict examination is needed to prove that he is the father of bitcoin this time. The economist tries to find out whether what he said is true through four questions:
does Craig Wright have evidence to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto? For example, only Satoshi Nakamoto has the key
What's the explanation for the queries and loopholes we encountered last time
as the father of bitcoin, is it true that it has the matching technology and strength background
do you believe the people in the circle who have had contact with Satoshi Nakamoto online
it's easy and difficult for Craig Wright to proce evidence that only Satoshi Nakamoto himself can have. Here I want to mention the basic composition of bitcoin. Just like a bank account, everyone can have multiple bitcoin accounts, and each independent bitcoin account has two key components: 1) a string of bitcoin addresses composed of 27-34 letters or numbers; 2) A private key for encryption and authentication; The holder of bitcoin can generate a digital signature by encrypting information with his private key. In addition, bitcoin as a kind of currency, in order to achieve incremental, it must rely on mining, and the ability of mining comes from your computer computing power. They are the banknote printing machines in the bitcoin world. Every new mine will be bound with its corresponding bitcoin address. As the first miner, Satoshi Nakamoto should have these private keys. In addition, Satoshi Nakamoto was the first person to trade bitcoin. In that year, he transferred the bitcoin g up in block 9 to Hal Finney, who was also suspected to be the father of bitcoin and is no longer alive
therefore, according to the strength of the evidence, Craig Wright should basically have the private key of jiukuang, and it would be better if he could provide earlier mining areas. And if he can transfer another account, it will be more credible
in the process of verification, Craig Wright encrypted a segment of Jean Paul Sartre's speech in 1964 when he refused to accept the Nobel Prize for literature with the private key of jiukuang, and published the process on his blog. At the same time, he showed the economist the verification process of Yikuang in private, and there were two witnesses in the whole process: Jon matonis and Gavin Andresen, both members of the bitcoin foundation, who once served as the chief developer of the whole bitcoin community after Satoshi Nakamoto faded out
but the problem is that the encrypted text is prepared in advance, which does not mean Craig Wright really has a corresponding private key, but may have been generated in advance. In addition, Craig Wright did not make a real transfer. According to him, the bitcoin in his name is currently in the name of a trust, and he can't use it directly. In this case, the Economist asked whether they could provide a piece of encrypted information, but Craig Wright refused. To sum up, he meant: I've demonstrated so much, believe it or not
in addition, with regard to previous resumes, Craig Wright said that some of the resumes previously written on LinkedIn were not true, but his purpose was not to disclose too much personal information and deliberately create smoke bombs. According to his latest resume, he does have three master's degrees at Charlotte University, a doctoral dissertation in computer science is under review, and he is also studying for a master's degree in finance at the University of London. These qualifications and work experience have been basically confirmed<
as for whether they actually bought supercomputers, Craig Wright provided an explanation from the SGI agency in Australia. Although SGI headquarters far away in Silicon Valley denied the existence of the transaction, they did not deny it. It may also be a grey transaction through informal channels, and they did not comment on it
as for the tax department, Craig Wright directly denied all conspiracy theories and said that he was not involved in any financial crimes or tax evasion. The Australian authorities only discussed with him about the tax laws of bitcoin on some projects he carried out, such as bitcoin bank. He left Australia for the UK only because London is better suited to run a technology finance company< However, it seems that things are not so simple
Craig Wright is a text lover with nearly 100 conference reports, articles and books. In addition to most of the short stories related to computer security, other words cover a wide range of fields: economy, terrorism, risk management and so on. He said that he had several papers on bitcoin under review, and the economist had read some of them. In their original words, although not extraordinary, it was OK
based on Craig Wright's large amount of words, Juola & Associates, a stylistic analysis company, compares Craig Wright's words with the bitcoin white paper published on the Internet by Satoshi Nakamoto
December 29 news, bitcoin is undoubtedly a hot topic this year, but surprisingly, the "stock god" Warren Buffett did not mention this new favorite of the capital market. Recently, Buffett finally talked about bitcoin. He said that he did not care about this proct because it is an asset that will not proce value
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when he talked about bitcoin, he made it clear:" I can't value bitcoin, Because it's not an asset that generates value. " In fact, in 2014, Warren Buffett once reminded people about bitcoin. He believes that people should stay away from bitcoin, and this boom is in fact false
bitcoin, as a popular investment proct, is not only concerned by the capital market, but also targeted by the regulatory authorities of many countries. Israeli regulators announced this week that they would ban companies trading bitcoin from listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and that companies already listed would also be delisted
it is understood that the reason why the Israeli regulatory authorities will take such measures is mainly because recently many Israeli companies hope that they can join the bitcoin transaction. In an interview, ShmuelHauser, director of the Israel securities regulatory agency, said bitcoin seemed more like a bubble to him and could collapse at any time. p>
The vice president of the people's Bank of China said in an interview that through this market fluctuation, we will study the regulatory rules of bitcoin. As we all know, the price of bitcoin has been rising rapidly, attracting the attention of countless investors, but it has been followed by a sharp decline of bitcoin. Because there is no way to regulate such a virtual currency, its capital flow has become a puzzle. This time, the people's Bank of China said in an interview that it would study such a virtual currency, which obviously sent a signal. So today, let's discuss the difficulties in the regulation of bitcoin{ Third, how do you view this interview
this interview not only expresses that we will carry out strict supervision over the special currency, but also expresses another attitude. That is, bitcoin, as an investment currency, has been included in the scope of compulsory regulation nationwide, even worldwide. At the same time, we also need to understand that although bitcoin has investment properties, it can not replace currency itself
The main reasons why Warren Buffett does not invest in bitcoin are as follows:
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the biggest focus of the general meeting of shareholders of Warren Buffett should be on the topic of bitcoin. Warren Buffett didn't express any opinions. Munger attacked bitcoin. Both the two old people showed their disapproval of bitcoin, which surprised many people. The main reason why Warren Buffett doesn't invest in bitcoin is that he is not familiar with bitcoin, and he will not invest in things that are not familiar with experts of this level; There is no reference for bitcoin. The price is so high that it is beyond his cognitive range. Warren Buffett is a value investor. He basically buys bitcoin when the stock price is low. It is obvious that bitcoin is not undervalued. Warren Buffett can fully understand why he does not invest in bitcoin
Third, Warren Buffett is a value investor. Bitcoin is obviously not undervalued.Buffett's investment philosophy is very simple. He buys when undervalued and sells when high. Bitcoin's current position is definitely not low, and there is no undervaluation, which is obviously not suitable for Buffett's buying strategy. This is the reason why Buffett did not invest in bitcoin