Crypto users renew calls for Satoshi Nakamoto to win Nobel Memorial Prize for economics
Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts on social media platforms have reiterated their annual petition to have the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Satoshi Nakamoto.
On Oct. 10, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced three recipients of the economic prize — former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, and U.S. economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig — for “research on banks and financial crises.” Many crypto enthusiasts have argued for years that Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, was the most deserving candidate for the economic award, first instituted in 1968, “according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes that have been awarded since 1901,” according to a description from the institution.
“In 2008: Bernanke printed money to bail out banks who proliferated a subprime debt bubble that caused a global financial crisis,” said crypto artist Lucho Polleti on Twitter. “Satoshi created #Bitcoin, a money system that gives all humans economic freedom through the separation of money & state. Satoshi deserves a Nobel Prize.”
The Nobel Prize in economics belongs to Satoshi Nakamoto, not Ben Bernanke.
Some people, including crypto podcaster and Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, have previously said Satoshi was entitled to more than just an economics prize. Pomp tweeted in 2019 that the BTC creator deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for establishing “a currency that can assume global reserve status without anyone having to engage in violence.”
Satoshi Nakamoto deserves the Nobel Peace prize and the Nobel prize for Economics. https://t.co/o8KNF1A6yU
Others like former Blockstream chief strategy officer Samson Mow have argued neither award applies as they’re emblematic of an
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