Mallers believes that Nakamoto did not invent Bitcoin, he simply discovered it.
Warning that the HBO documentary could endanger anyone who is mentioned.
Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike, asked the Bitcoin community to respect Satoshi Nakamoto’s wish to maintain his anonymity. Mallers believes that any attempt to reveal Nakamoto’s identity is not only disrespectful, but also dangerous to those who may be named.
Mallers argues that Satoshi did not invent Bitcoin, but rather discovered it. “Satoshi Nakamoto asks, first of all, all of us, to leave him anonymous. That’s all. “This person did not ask for monetary compensation, he did not want a Nobel Peace Prize, he did not want to appear on the Forbes list, he reiterated over and over again that he just wanted to be left alone,” Mallers mentioned in a recent podcast.
The maximalist bitcoiner expressed his skepticism and questioning towards the HBO documentary that seeks to reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. “There is nothing more fiat than a mainstream journalistic publication trying to spread its information and harass Satoshi Nakamoto for personal gain. It is anti-Bitcoin. I will not tolerate it,” Mallers said, highlighting the importance of protecting and honoring Nakamoto’s only request.
The HBO documentary, scheduled for this Tuesday, October 8, has generated a wave of speculation and bets on platforms such as Polymarket, where for a moment Len Sassaman was considered the favorite to be mentioned as the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
For Mallers, identifying the person behind Bitcoin is irrelevant. “Because it’s not like he’s an inventor who has outsized control or gives direction over the project anyway,” he noted. He compared the situation to the discovery of E=mc² by Albert Einstein: “Einstein discovered that E is equal to MC squared. It was there, it was in the mathematical universe. He found it. And the same with Satoshi, Bitcoin was there. “He found it, he found the proof of work, plus the difficulty adjustment, he found it,” he said.
The debate over Satoshi’s identity has caused concern in the community. The widow of Len Sassaman, a deceased cryptographer, recently denied that her husband is the creator of Bitcoin, thus responding to rumors generated by the imminent HBO documentary. Speculation has been so intense that even the memecoin market has shown volatility due to this uncertainty, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
Mallers emphasizes that this insistence on discovering Satoshi not only dishonors his only wish, but also puts people and their families at risk. “And the only thing they asked was to be left alone.”
“The disrespect we put people through, whether it’s this new guy’s (Sassaman) family and friends or Hal Finney’s family, they’ve been through hell and back again, for no good reason. “Same with Dr. Adam Back or Nick Szabo,” he noted.
For him, HBO puts people in great danger by assigning “a $65 billion reward to someone.” “You put people in danger, you threaten people, you harass people and you disrespect the gift that this person gave to humanity with a request in return, which is: leave me alone,” Mallers claimed.
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