Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by aeternum on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:28PM
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He was one of the creators of PayPal, so digital money is his field. If you read the quote carefully, he is also not speculating on Nakamoto. Elon instead states that Nick Szabo contributed to the ideas behind cryptocurrencies. This generally is not disputed.
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Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by nescioquid on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @05:46PM
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> He was one of the creators of PayPal, so digital money is his field.
He was one of four people listed as founders of X.com, which merged with Confinity, which changed its name to PayPal where he was fired as CEO; PayPal was then purchased by EBay, whereupon Musk took a big payday.
Judging by his involvement with Tesla Motors Inc -- he became chairman and CEO by investing 6.5 million into the existing company; a lawsuit brought by an incorporating founder resulted in an agreement whereby Musk and four others can call themselves founders -- makes me wonder what his contribution to X.com actually was.
Whatever else he may be, he's an extraordinarily good investor.
Re:Satoshi leaked his Los Angeles IP address (2016)
by gimmeThaBeet on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @05:00PM
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I think no matter how you feel about Elon Musk, I feel it can sort of be universally appreciated how insane of a pivot/second act he's had where being a part of paypal's early days is basically a footnote.