In theory, I knew that this kind of thing can happen in any family.
Upstanding citizens are always turning out to be secret criminals.
And I wouldn't even call my cousin Alan an upstanding citizen.
But it's one thing to know and another thing to understand.
Alan, murder me.
What the hell was Alan thinking?
From Serial Productions and The New York Times, I'm M. Gessen and this is The Idiot.
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This is The Daily.
It's been one of the world's biggest mysteries and best-kept secrets.
Who is the inventor of Bitcoin?
This is a person who's been known only by an alias, Satoshi Nakamoto.
And despite many attempts to unmask him, he 's remained anonymous for 17 years,
even as his creation spawned a whole system of cryptocurrency,
revolutionized finance, and minted a powerful new class of billionaires, including Satoshi himself.
Today, we talk to our colleague, John Carreyrou, who says he thinks he found Satoshi.
And then we talk directly to that person.
It's Thursday, April 9th.
Hi, John.