U.Today – Samson Mow, early Bitcoiner, CEO of JAN3 and Pixelmatic, “former colleague of Adam Back” (one of Satoshi Nakamoto’s candidates) shared his thoughts on the theory that the mysterious creator had ties to China. In particular, to its intelligence services.
Mow was in China when Bitcoin was created
As U.Today reports, this week, prominent hedge fund manager Kyle Bass tweeted that he believes Satoshi Nakamoto, and therefore Bitcoin itself, is a product of Chinese intelligence.
In a comment during a debate with a Bitcoin enthusiast, Bass expanded on his thought by saying that Chinese intelligence may have created BTC through the anonymous hands of “Satoshi” in order to undermine the US economic leadership and the US dollar in the world.
Notably, China first banned cryptocurrency ICOs in 2017 and then expanded its ban on cryptocurrency trading and mining in 2021. In recent years, the country has been testing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), initially called DCEP (electronic payments in digital currency) and currently known simply as e-yuan.
In a recent social media post on X, Samson Mow stated that he was in China in 2009 – the year Bitcoin was created. Describing what he was busy doing in the country, Mow wrote on Twitter: “Then he launched the largest #Bitcoin exchange in China and left to infiltrate @Blockstream.” In a recent post on X, he jokingly stated that he was not the one who created BTC.
Blockstream is a company founded and run by cryptographer and cypherpunk Adam Back, with whom Satoshi corresponded discussing Bitcoin, making Back one of Satoshi’s “candidates”. Hence Mow’s recent nickname “Adam Back’s former colleague” given to him by the creators of the HBO documentary about Satoshi, which will be released next week. Mow found the joke hilarious and posted on his X page a few days ago.
“It just can’t be a coincidence” – Mow on Satoshi’s likely ties to China
In a comment on his post on X today, Mow pointed out an compelling detail about Satoshi, which he believes may indicate his ties to China. The JAN3 boss shared the spelling of Satoshi Nakamoto’s name in Chinese hieroglyphs.
Mow said the first character corresponds to the first character in the spelling of the word “China.” “It can’t be a coincidence,” he wrote.
