A recently released HBO documentary used a series of interviews and clues to narrow down the identity of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto to one man, someone who happens to deny the claim.
Another person who wasn’t Satoshi Nakamoto was entrepreneur and industrialist Henry Ford, who founded Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F).
While Ford didn’t create Bitcoin, he may have been a leading voice in the creation of Bitcoin.
What Happened: Ford proposed creating an energy currency that would replace the gold standard.
“Ford would replace gold with energy currency and stop wars,” a headline reads in the Dec. 4, 1921 issue of the New York Tribune.
Ford wanted to end the control the banking system had on global wealth and the wars …
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