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Paul Le Roux was born in Zimbabwe in 1972 and was adopted by a South African couple. He was a brilliant programmer who dropped out of school at age 16 and moved to the UK at age 181
He created E4M, a free and open-source encryption software, in 1999, and is sometimes credited for TrueCrypt, another encryption software based on E4M’s code. He denies any involvement with TrueCrypt
He started an online prescription drug business in the early 2000s, which made him millions of dollars. He then diversified into various illegal activities, such as smuggling, arms dealing, money laundering, gold mining, and assassination plots. He operated in several countries, including Somalia, the Philippines, North Korea, Iran, and the Seychelles
He was arrested by the DEA in 2012 for conspiracy to import narcotics into the US. He agreed to cooperate with the authorities in exchange for a lesser sentence and immunity to any crimes he might admit to later. He confessed to seven murders and many other crimes. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2020
Some people have speculated that he might be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, the first and most popular cryptocurrency. The evidence for this theory is mostly circumstantial, such as his expertise in encryption, his involvement in online drug markets, his possible connection to Craig Wright (a self-proclaimed Satoshi), and the coincidence of his arrest and Satoshi’s disappearance. However, there is no definitive proof that he is Satoshi, and he has not claimed to be Satoshi himself
Peter Thiel is a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, and a prominent investor and entrepreneur. He is also a supporter of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. He gave a keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on April 7, 2022, where he talked about the potential of Bitcoin as a global reserve currency, a hedge against inflation, and a challenge to the dominance of China and the US dollar. He also criticized some of the enemies of Bitcoin, such as Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and Larry Fink