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There are numerous writings on the concept of the "ideal currency" that you can find on his personal website. He made about ten updates between 2002 and 2009. As I went through these studies, I clearly saw elements describing Bitcoin. One particular passage, where he talks about gold extraction, truly expanded my perspective. In summary, he explains that in the future, gold extraction will become easier thanks to technological advancements, making mining much more accessible. In Bitcoin, there is a mechanism that adjusts mining difficulty every 14 days.

If Satoshi isn’t Nash, why didn’t he mention him in the white paper? Especially considering that he cites Wei Dai's "b-money," even though it wasn’t directly responsible for the creation of Bitcoin. The white paper also mentions W. Feller, who was a professor at Princeton when Nash was studying there, and even his teacher. In a 2004 interview, Nash stated that he was working on a currency project based on game theory and hoped to live long enough to publish it. He never published this work on game theory, but five years later, Bitcoin appeared.

from 2000 onward, he participated in many university forums to explain his vision of the ideal currency, promoting ideas very close to Bitcoin’s philosophy. He defended all the principles that Bitcoin represents today. Additionally, he gave up any potential wealth or recognition that could have come from this invention. He lived his best life, residing near Princeton and going to work until his death. He didn’t need more recognition since his Nobel Prize had already given him enough. In 2015, he received the Abel Prize, and it was on the way back from his trip to collect this honor that he had an accident between the airport and his home. He and his wife lost their lives in the accident.

Here is a video where he actually talks about Bitcoin