🎭 A credible theory on Satoshi’s identity?

Seoul embraces the Metaverse, Tarantino is sued over his Pulp Fiction NFTs...Your weekly Biiiiiites brought to you by Milan, from Ledger [View in Browser]( [Gif Ledger Bites]( 19/11/2021 Seoul embraces the Metaverse, Tarantino is sued over his Pulp Fiction NFTs, someone has a strong theory on who Satoshi is...Your weekly Biiiiiites brought to you by Milan from Ledger. Were those Biiiiiites sent to you by a friend ? [Subscribe here]( 🚨 Ledger Special Alert! [MoonPay]( a crypto infrastructure platform, just joined our growing family of partners available in Ledger Live! Easily buy 40+ coins globally with more countries supported and get 50% off fees on your first & second purchase via the Ledger Live app. [Try now →]( [Infos I should already know about] [Paradigm]( [MetaMask]( Crypto assets can be managed on your Ledger Live! [Go check now →]( [Infos I should already know about] [Hollywood Studio sues Tarantino over Pulp Fiction NFTs.]( The film director is set to auction a series of NFTs based on his 1994 movie on Open Sea next month. But Miramax believes the offering violates property rights. Miramax attorney Bart Williams underlined that the initiative “devalues the NFT rights to Pulp Fiction.” Tarantino’s lawyer Freedman responded that his client “has the right to sell NFTs of his-hand written script for Pulp Fiction.” So… who's going to win? [A Research Director exposes his personal theory on who Satoshi really is.]( Gerald Votta, from GameFi research, thinks Satoshi’s true identity is the Canadian cryptographer James A. Donald. “If you look at the timing, Donald comments minutes after the Bitcoin Whitepaper is put up and asks such a specific question to Satoshi. How could you read the Whitepaper, analyze it and come up with this amazing scaling question in like three minutes? It’s almost impossible.” James, is that true? [The Sandbox opens the doors of its Metaverse.]( SAND token has surged by 36% following Wednesday’s announcement of The Sandbox Alpha, its highly anticipated play-to-earn event in the Metaverse. The company stated that the project has been in development for four years and will launch its metaverse in “phased stages” moving forward. This comes only [2 weeks after]( the company closed a SoftBank-led $93M Series B. [Seoul plans its own Metaverse.]( The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced the launch of “Metaverse Seoul”, a virtual communication ecosystem for all areas of its municipal administration, including economic, cultural, tourism, educational and civic service. By 2023, the South Korean capital hopes to “allow citizens to meet with avatar officials to deal with civic complaints and consultations, which are currently handled only by visiting municipal offices.” So far, €2.8 billion has been invested in the project. [Crypto.com strikes a deal with Lakers Arena… its token then surges 30%.]( The Singapore-based crypto exchange reached a $700 million deal to purchase naming rights to the L.A.-based Staples Center. This stadium is home to four professional sports teams: the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), Clippers (NBA), Sparks (WNBA) and Kings (NHL). Will this marketing coup enable Crypto.com to take on Coinbase, FTX and Binance? [Binance CEO puts forward fundamental crypto rights.]( Amid increased regulatory pressure, the world’s largest exchange exposed a list of what it believes to be the most important principles when regulating crypto. “We have been communicating with many regulators around the world. As a new industry, we like to share what we think is important for users” said Changpeng Zhao. The bill of rights states that “every human should have access to financial tools” and that “privacy is a human right.” Wanna share our Biiiiiites with a friend ? [Send →]( [Insight of the week] Taproot: a game-changer for Bitcoin? Bitcoin’s greatest asset? It isn’t static. [BTC Illustration] Bitcoin just went through its biggest upgrade in four years, with many expected benefits - including privacy & programmability - for the world’s largest crypto network. Beyond technical considerations, how will Taproot impact the future of Bitcoin? What Taproot is all about For Bitcoin, Taproot improvements are multifold. The first one is anonymity. With Taproot, your keys have less chain exposure. A Bitcoin mining engineer, Brandon Arvanaghi, [said]( that with this upgrade, “you can kind of hide who you are a little bit better.” After all, isn’t Bitcoin’s main value proposition to avoid surveillance from third-parties? Beyond privacy, Taproot also is a game-changer for something still underexploited: smart contracts. In this field, Bitcoin lags far behind its younger sister, Ethereum. But Taproot could help Bitcoin catch up a little with cheaper and more flexible transactions, as well as smaller in terms of blockchain space they occupy. Ultimately, these new properties could set the stage for a new wave of tech progress on the world’s largest crypto network. It could open the door for many to build DApps, smart contracts and NFTs on top of the decentralized protocol. “Taproot matters, because it opens a breadth of opportunity for entrepreneurs interested in expanding bitcoin’s utility,” [said Alyse Kileen]( founder of Bitcoin venture firm Stillmark. Sounds promising, right? Unlocking Bitcoin’s full potential? Let’s not get excited too quickly. [Bitcoin’s price fell 10%]( in the days following Taproot, triggering calls that it has failed to live up to expectations. So… what happened? Has the upgrade been overestimated? Probably yes, at least in the short-term. But let’s not underestimate the medium-term, as Taproot lays a new groundwork for entrepreneurs to work on. Among them, Square’s CEO Jack Dorsey is the world's most popular entrepreneur pushing for greater Bitcoin use cases. He announced he would use DeFi services with a Bitcoin DEX, with the [goal]( of making Bitcoin “the native currency for the internet”. Bitcoin is known as “digital gold,” but in fact, it’s much more than a new store of value. Thanks to its upgradable nature, Bitcoin can adapt over time and ultimately become a global, programmable and decentralized digital payment system. Let’s see how it goes. [I wanna know more] Do you want to take a deep dive into Taproot upgrade? Just read our [Ledger Academy article]( on this very topic. And [watch here]( our Down the Rabbit Hole show about a gang of Bitcoin maximalists: the Crypto6. You might be surprised! [Inside Ledger] Have you encountered issues when connecting your MetaMask wallet to your Ledger? It’s now fixed! 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