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[Beijinger]

Well, it is a multibillion dollar industry. And it is my understanding that he did not only invent crypto currencies but also the blockchain. While extremely inefficient from a database viewpoint, many many companies are throwing cash on it because they see potential in industry, finance, legal etc.

[cyberax]

Should we give Nobel to drug cartels in Mexico for their innovative business model?

[cyberax]

It enabled a lot of new markets and revitalized some old ones: ransomware, drug trading, kidnapping, CSAM trade, and even international sanctions busting.

All the good stuff, in other words.

[shak1]

Like it or dislike it, he created a trillion dollar industry by himself. If that isn't worthy of a nobel prize in economics, idk what is

[sho_hn]

> "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind"

Who would claim this with a straight face about a creation with the externalities of Bitcoin?

[kreetx]

It seems to be becoming the hard money, no?

[eimrine]

Yes, using Bitcoin/other cryptocurrencies is always a good move if you are a person with Libertarian views.

[lostlogin]

I went looking to see what the criteria are for a Nobel prize, as I too think the idea of bitcoin getting one is ridiculous.

I don’t find much - except that the prize in economic sciences isn’t a Nobel prize.

“The prize in economic sciences is not a Nobel Prize. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) instituted “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”, and it has since been awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes.”

https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/economic-sciences/

[bigfishrunning]

Except for the fact that it is (a) not as anonymous as advertised, and (b) only as valuable as the "greater fool" thinks it is...