Very unlikely. The extremists on both sides of crypto are probably wrong. My only prediction about cryptos, blockchain, etc. is their future won't be like anyone is predicting...not going to the moon and taking over the world, nor completely going away either. I suspect they'll find their uses in totally unexpected times and ways.
I think it's because people would rather believe it's a mystical Japanese genius. Not that I'm convinced about anything myself.
Nah, none of the usual suspects were Asians. Nick Szabo, Kleinman, etc. In the story I liked the name put together from 3 Japanese scientists' names. That can not be coincidence.
Yes it has use in the real world as a store of value, just like gold. The same thing everyone has known it for since the begining... This is what drives the market. Not some moonboy newspaper shit that tells everyone it is getting "Globally adopted"
Go to a city called Lalibela, and talk to a priest, and ask him what Satoshi Nakamoto means you'll understand what Iknow