the "the NSA invented bitcoin" conspiracy is going around again because of that public paper in 1996
it just doesn't make sense.
the conspiracy theory that does make sense is that the CIA stole the NSA's work (like they always do) and are sitting on the 1m bitcoin ($30 billion) to prop up their elaborate money laundry, and that's also why heroin is off the streets and fentanyl was able to take over.
