These names appear in emails, invitations, or business discussions.
- Kevin Warsh
- Appears in a 2010 email
- Listed as a potential guest for the Christmas party
- Now a candidate for the position of Chair of the Federal Reserve
- Howard Lutnick
- Appears in emails between 2005 and 2012
- In 2005 he said he did not want to have any relationship with Epstein
- In 2012, his tone changed and he became friendly
- CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald
- Cantor is a major banking partner for Tether
- Elon Musk
- Mentioned in emails from 2012 to 2013
- Epstein invited him to parties and trips
- Musk rejected the invitations
- Brian Armstrong
- Appears in an email to investors from 2016
- The message was about a discussion on the size of the Bitcoin block
- Armstrong said Coinbase does not want early idealists to control Bitcoin
- This was just a business strategy
- Austin Hill
- Appears in an email from 2014
- Complained that investors support Ripple and Stellar
- Asked Epstein and others to stop supporting competitors
- Wanted investors to choose a "single Bitcoin path"
- Jed McCaleb
- Indirectly mentioned in emails from 2014
- Blockstream employees considered him a competitor to Bitcoin
- But no direct connection was shown between McCaleb and Epstein
Satoshi Nakamoto
- Mentioned in an email to Epstein from 2016
- Epstein claimed he spoke with the "Bitcoin founders"
- Used the plural form, not the singular
These messages show how close Bitcoin was in its early days to influential people before it was noticed by the public for a long time.
