# The people who built the Bitcoin network in its early years were largely cypherpunks: cryptographers, privacy…
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/claim/the-people-who-built-the-bitcoin-network-in-its-early-years-were--4bd1401a
*Numbers under lens:* **Evidence-weighted** (`log-odds@1`)
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/claim/the-people-who-built-the-bitcoin-network-in-its-early-years-were--4bd1401a.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1
The people who built the Bitcoin network in its early years were largely cypherpunks: cryptographers, privacy advocates, and libertarians.

## Voices

*Counted, never weighed.*

- [reddit.com](https://truthscore.com/entity/9758c1c4) — independent

## Sources

- [Was Bitcoin secretly created by Intelligence Agencies?](https://truthscore.com/source/f21333cc)