Tucker Carlson says he wont buy Bitcoin because the CIA created it...

Tucker Carlson recently said at a Turning Point USA event that he refuses to buy Bitcoin because he believes the CIA created it. His reasoning is that nobody knows who Satoshi Nakamoto really was and that the mystery makes him distrustful. Carlson said he grew up around government institutions and thinks the anonymous creator might have been part of an intelligence project.

He said, “I try to limit myself to things I understand, and nobody can explain to me who Satoshi was.”

But this logic misses the foundation of Bitcoin. It doesnt matter who created it because Bitcoin is open source. The code is public, verifiable, and decentralized. As Jack Mallers from Strike explained, you dont need to trust Satoshi, you can trust the code since anyone can audit it. Marty Bent added that even if the CIA made it, anyone can confirm what the software does by inspecting it.

Bitcoins design uses existing technologies like proof of work, blockchains, and Merkle trees developed long before its release in 2009. The cypherpunk community, including Hal Finney who received the first Bitcoin transaction, played key roles in its creation.

If the CIA built Bitcoin, it backfired spectacularly since governments have spent years trying to control or ban it. The whole point is decentralization, no single entity controls it.

Carlson likes Bitcoins freedom idea but dislikes the anonymity behind it. Ironically, that anonymity protects Bitcoins neutrality and strength.