Bitcoin runs on SHA-256, designed by the NSA. In 1996 NSA researchers also published a paper on anonymous digital cash. Satoshi remains unidentified and his coins never moved. What’s the strongest case that Bitcoin has intelligence-agency roots, and the strongest case against? Strongest for: NSA designed SHA-256 (public, no backdoor found) and published a 1996 paper surveying anonymous e-cash concepts. Satoshi’s anonymity and untouched coins fit a controlled release. Strongest against: That paper described centralized bank/mint systems with blind signatures—not Bitcoin’s trustless PoW blockchain or fixed supply. Bitcoin grew from cypherpunks, is fully open-source, and Snowden leaks show NSA tracked users, not invented it. No evidence links the agency to the protocol.
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