If the NSA created Bitcoin, why did the CIA need Gavin to brief them on what it was?
It would raise suspicion if they didn't...
That occurred to me, also, but:
- they either screwed up initially and named it after one of their research projects, or
- "Satoshi Nakamoto" read the paper and used the name.
But, why would "Satoshi Nakamoto" use their name? At this point I think it most-likely was created by the
National Security Agency (NSA) or one of the people who worked on the Satoshi paper. If I understood correctly, Bitcoin uses 2048-binary-digit-(bit) Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA), which is susceptible to a Time-Memory-Data (TMD) attack. If they precompute the keys,they can also use them to attack Bitcon as well as all other communications secured using "short" Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) keys.
Don't forget that one of the things in the box was Hope...
Yes, I know. It was at the bottom and the only thing left trapped in the jar / box as Pandora closed it, while all evils of the world escaped from the jar / box.