On December 8, 2020, over $500,000 worth of bitcoin was donated to several alt-right figures and causes. Some extremists took this donation as evidence that the mysterious “Bitcoin Fairy” had returned.
But crypto experts @brenna__smith spoke to disagree bellingcat.com/news/2021/02/0…
But crypto experts @brenna__smith spoke to disagree bellingcat.com/news/2021/02/0…
@brenna__smith The Bitcoin Fairy is an element of far-right folklore dating back to an anonymous $60,000 bitcoin donation made to the Daily Caller after the now infamous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017.
@brenna__smith Yet like the mysterious creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, the true identity of the Bitcoin Fairy is shrouded in mystery.
@brenna__smith In January 2021, however, a French programmer was unmasked as the December 2020 donor of $500k. Could this also have been the mysterious 2017 donor, and thus the Bitcoin Fairy, as well?
@brenna__smith In short, it’s impossible to definitively say. An analysis of the transactions, however, show significant differences in how the 2017 and 2020 donations were made. 
@brenna__smith According to experts Bellingcat has spoken to, this suggests its extremely unlikely the 2020 donor was the same "Bitcoin Fairy" of 2017 fame. Yet that hasn’t stopped speculation from some far-right figures that it was
@brenna__smith Read the full story here: bellingcat.com/news/2021/02/0…
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