Will Bitcoin’s Creator Win a Nobel Prize?
Looking at our long list of Nobel laureates, recipients of arguably the world’s greatest prize include Rudyard Kipling for his contribution to literature, Milton Friedman for economics, and Peter D. Mitchell for his work in the field of chemistry. The award has been around for well over one hundred years, and it is given to men and women who make a different not only in individual societies but on the world as a whole. These winners bring nations together, and create things that live on for generations to come, so will Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator behind America’s favorite....
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Although UCLA Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry chose to nominate the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, for the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, it appears the The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will not consider the nomination unless the legendary Nakamoto were to reveal his identity. The organization's press officer, Hans Reuterskiöld, told Inverse.com that the prize is never awarded anonymously nor after someone has died. The prize, as in this instance, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is never awarded anonymously nor....
Major figures in the crypto space argued the Bitcoin creator was the most deserving candidate for the economic award, despite the fact Satoshi's true identity remains unknown. Bitcoin enthusiasts on social media platforms have reiterated their annual petition to have the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel awarded to Satoshi Nakamoto.On Oct. 10, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced three recipients of the economic prize — former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke, and U.S. economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig — for “research on banks....
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