BlockBeats news, on February 3, according to the latest publicly available information,As early as 2011, Epstein had already started paying attention to Bitcoin.Epstein expressed in an email on June 12, 2011, "Bitcoin is a brilliant idea, but it also has some serious flaws."
In 2013, Epstein also discussed Bitcoin with Boris Nikolic, Bill Gates' former chief technology advisor, and Steven Sinofsky, a partner at a16z who previously served as president of Microsoft's Windows division.As early as 2014, Epstein had an in-depth discussion with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel about the nature of Bitcoin.In the email, Epstein wrote, "There is no consensus on what Bitcoin actually is—whether it is a store of value, money, or property... It's like a man dressed as a woman, or property disguised as money."
In addition, in 2016, Epstein mentioned in an email exchange between Raafat AlSabbagh, an advisor to the Saudi Royal Court, and Aziza Al Ahmadi, currently an advisor to the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, that"I have communicated with some Bitcoin creators, and they are very excited."
It is worth noting that documents revealed in December last year indicated that Epstein's $850,000 donation to MIT indirectly funded a digital currency initiative, which employed Bitcoin Core developers such as Gavin Andresen and Wladimir van der Laan at the time of the Bitcoin Foundation's collapse in 2015.