Can Bitcoin be John Nash's Ideal Money?
Ever since Satoshi Nakamoto published the paper on Bitcoin, people are constantly trying to find out who that person is. They have never stopped guessing, in spite of a trail of wrong guesses which has left few people (who have been at the receiving end) tired and traumatised. There are various theories flying around as well. While some believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is not one man, but a group of men who developed Bitcoin, while there are few who think it is created by the governments as part of a big experiment. Now there are speculation that the well-known mathematician, John Nash might....
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Travis Patron is a digital money researcher and author of The Bitcoin Revolution: An Internet of Money. Here he explains why the late American mathematician John Nash may have influenced the creation of bitcoin. Could John Nash, someone who had been at the forefront of mathematical and economic thought into the prospect of 'ideal money', be justly attributed credit for the formation of the electronic cash system of cryptocurrency? He once stated in a lecture: "The special commodity or medium that we call money has a long and interesting history. And since we are so dependent on our use of....
Pioneering mathematician John Nash laid out a concept for “Ideal Money” that has parallels with Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin.
Six years ago, a number of theories spread across the internet that claimed the famed American economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was Satoshi Nakamoto. There’s a bunch of circumstantial evidence that has invoked some research into the possibility that Nash could have been Bitcoin’s creator. The following editorial is the ninth installment of news.Bitcoin.com’s “the many facts” series, with a comprehensive look at some of the evidence that is tied to John Nash and Bitcoin’s mysterious creator. During the last decade, there’s been a....
John Forbes Nash Jr., the Princeton University mathematician who inspired the film "A Beautiful Mind," and his wife died in a New Jersey car crash Saturday. Nash, 86, and his wife Alicia Nash, 82, were passengers in a taxi near Monroe Township when the incident took place. The car crashed into a guard rail, and the couple, who were not wearing seat belts at the time, were thrown from the vehicle, and later pronounced dead at the scene. Nash is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, known mostly for his work in game theory, as well his personal struggle with....
John Nash, an iconic mathematician with fundamental contributions in game theory, was killed on May 23, in a car crash with his wife, Alicia. His death has prompted speculation about his possible role in the emergence of Bitcoin. BitGold has acquired Goldmoney.com, a service that allows users to trade and store their assets, currently controlling over CA$1.5 billion worth of precious metals in its facilities. Commenting on the CA$51.9 million deal, BitGold CEO, Roy Sebag, said: "Following his seemingly accidental death, the nature of which poignantly jars with his life spent in pursuit of....