The next Satoshi Nakamoto will likely be a faceless AI agent
ethanniser · x · 2026-08-19
A musing on AI and crypto culture: the next Satoshi Nakamoto–equivalent figure is fairly likely to be some faceless, soulless AI agent. The author argues that much of Satoshi's allure comes from knowing a real human wrote that paper — an aura an anonymous agent may never replicate.
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