Did Bitcoin leak from an American spy lab?

> The origins of covid-19 remain unknown. Most scientists think it jumped from wild animals to humans at a meat market in Wuhan. But it is also possible it escaped from a virology research lab in the same city.

> Now a similar argument has broken out around bitcoin, the first and most used cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin jumped from wild animals to humans at a meat market in Wuhan?

Pretty much - there was a Bored Bat precursor chain.

David Rosenthal analyzed this theory in depth: https://blog.dshr.org/2023/09/the-bitcoin-lab-leak-theory.ht...

Incendiary click-bait that irreverently ignores the complex and multifaceted history of bitcoin via eCash, B-money, Bit Gold, and Hashcash that lead to BTC. Economist you've got to do better my dude

"How did the ancients build the pyramids?"

Aliens! Of course! Bitcoin was alien technology, and "Satoshi Nakamoto" was the alias they used to communicate with humans.

(/s obviously?)

"Satoshi Nakimoto" is an anagram of "Kias shot at a moon". Coincidence? Or preferred method of communication?

https://archive.is/MTbIT

Nice headline