Bitcoin’s value depends on the anonymity of its founder.
Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Temels is confident that the identity of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto will always remain a mystery — and that's a positive thing for Bitcoin.
“A lot of people have tried to do research, looked at all the emails, looked at all the forum posts, and tried to find something out of a digital footprint for 15 years, and they found nothing,” he said in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph Managing Editor Gareth. Jenkinson
According to Back, an early Bitcoin developer who exchanged emails with Satoshi, the fact that Bitcoin does not have a central image, like Vitalik Buterin for Ethereum, strengthens its status as a commodity. This differs from most cryptocurrencies, which can easily be compared to securities.
“It helps it feel more like a discovery than a startup or an innovation,” he explains.
He also emphasized that both narratives—Bitcoin as digital gold and as money—are important to the asset's long-term success.
“I think you both want it because the main value in efficiency is the ability to save for the future, which means spending for the future.”
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