🔴 Was Bitcoin a CIA Project? The Hidden Origins of Satoshi Nakamoto | BitcoinHardTalk Ep. 103

This week on #BitcoinHardTalk Ep. 103, we’re diving into one of Bitcoin’s oldest and most controversial questions:
Was Bitcoin created by the CIA? And who really is Satoshi Nakamoto?

Tucker Carlson recently said he “wouldn’t buy Bitcoin because it was created by the CIA.”

That statement sparked a firestorm — and tonight, we’re going to unpack it properly.

I’ll be taking you through a full historical account of Bitcoin’s creation, its mysterious origins, and whether any intelligence fingerprints exist on its code, ideology, or timing.

As someone who:
✅ Bought my first Bitcoin in 2011 at $3,
✅ Invested in over 100 companies that built this industry — including Coinbase, Kraken, Bitfinex, Circle, Robinhood, Blockchain.com, and Exodus,
✅ Spoke at the first-ever Bitcoin conference in Prague (2011),
✅ Wrote the first published book to mention Bitcoin, Bank to the Future (2012),
✅ And later advised governments in the UK, Isle of Man, and El Salvador on Bitcoin policy —

…I’ll be sharing insights and stories I’ve never told before — from the cypherpunk movement that preceded Bitcoin to the moment I realized it was the ultimate answer to the monetary corruption I witnessed as an investment banker.

We’ll dig into:
🧩 How the idea of Bitcoin may have overlapped with U.S. intelligence operations.
💥 Why its open-source nature and decentralization may have made it impossible to control — even for its creator.
👤 And whether it ultimately matters who Satoshi was, if the system itself is incorruptible.

This is not just a history lesson — it’s an exploration of what makes Bitcoin unstoppable, even if it started as a government experiment.

I’ve spent over 25 years connecting the dots between money, power, and geopolitics.

Now, for the first time, I’ll tell the real story of how Bitcoin emerged — and why even if it began as a state creation, it escaped its creators.

Peace,

Simon Dixon 🚀
Host of #BitcoinHardTalk
Founder, BnkToTheFuture.com — over $2.5B invested in the Bitcoin & fintech ecosystem