Mougayar: Craig Wright's Satoshi Nakamoto claim is a PR stunt
William Mougayar · a16z Podcast | Banking on the Blockchain · Jan 2, 2019 · at 39:10
Author William Mougayar evaluates Craig Wright's public claims of being Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
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“Instead, it sounds like, it looks like a PR stunt. That person, Sasoshi Nakamoto, I wouldn't expect A PR stunt from that person. I would expect a technical kind of undertaking when he would come out, if that is the case.”
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