Did Jeffrey Epstein Finance Bitcoin Core?

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In this video, I discuss whether Jeffrey Epstein helped to fund Bitcoin Core and steer its development path in any way.

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MIT Media Lab:
https://www.media.mit.edu/

MIT DCI:
https://www.dci.mit.edu/about
https://www.dci.mit.edu/bitcoin-security-initiative

The Rage article:
https://www.therage.co/epstein-bitcoin-core/

New Yorker article:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-an-elite-university-research-center-concealed-its-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein

Search Epstein files here:
https://couriernewsroom.com/news/we-created-a-searchable-database-with-all-20000-files-from-epsteins-estate/

The email in question:
https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/document-view?collection=092314e384a58618&utm_source=collection_share_link&p=1&docid=f51551d24df98f88_092314e384a58618_0&page=1&dapvm=2

Wladimir van der Laan:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wladimir_van_der_Laan

DCI people:
https://www.dci.mit.edu/people

Cory Fields:
https://github.com/theuni?tab=overview&from=2025-09-01&to=2025-09-30

Datacarrier PR:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/32406

Bitcoin Core Developer Marco Falke Steps Down From Maintainer Role:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/02/22/bitcoin-core-developer-marco-falke-steps-down-from-maintainer-role

AJ Towns:
https://www.dci.mit.edu/aj-towns
https://x.com/ajtowns

Bruce Fenton weighs in:
https://x.com/brucefenton/status/1989446715032604839

Warren Togami weighs in:
https://x.com/wtogami/status/1989729638575386746

Sponsors of Brink:
https://brink.dev/sponsors

Chaincode:
https://chaincode.com/team

HRF:
https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/bitcoin-development-fund/grantees/

Gloria Zhao And Brink Are Set To Give Bitcoin Mempools An Upgrade:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/gloria-zhao-and-brink-are-set-to-give-bitcoin-mempools-an-upgrade

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