The Economist Innovation Award 2015: Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto wins the Borderless Award

The Economist has announced the winners of its 2015 Innovation Awards. Since 2002, the Economist Innovation Awards program has recognized leading entrepreneurs, thinkers, creators, and scientists from around the world. This year is the Economist's 14th annual Innovation Awards, and Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto has also won the Borderless Award.

Here is the full list of winners of the 2015 Economist Innovation Prize.

Biological Sciences Award Winners:

Michael J. Sofia, Chief Scientific Officer, Arbutus Biopharma.

Computing and Telecommunications Award Winners:

Aaron Levie, Chairman and CEO, Box

Dylan Smith, CFO, Box

Drew Houston, CEO, Dropbox

Arash Ferdowsi, CTO, Dropbox

Social and Economic Innovation Award winners:

Jay Kimmelman, CEO, Bridge International Academies

Shannon May, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Bridge International Academies

Business Award Winners:

Alibaba Group

Consumer Products Award Winners:

Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify

Energy and Environment Award Winners:

Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors

JB Straubel, Chief Technology Officer, Tesla Motors

Process and Service Award Winners:

Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber.

Garrett Camp, CEO of Expa.

Without Borders Award winners:

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin

The Economist's evaluation of Satoshi Nakamoto:

In November 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a technical paper stating that he was creating a peer-to-peer electronic payment system called Bitcoin. Cryptography is used to control transactions and limit the total amount of currency. Unlike most currencies, Bitcoin is not issued and supervised by a central authority or government. Bitcoin is issued by volunteer members of a peer-to-peer network. (Mr. Nakamoto's identity has never been revealed, and he stopped participating in the development of Bitcoin in 2010)

Some users believe the digital currency has great value, like gold. Others like its ability to be traded across borders without the involvement of banks. The number of websites and merchants accepting bitcoin payments is growing, and there are many startups hoping to turn it into a universal digital payment system, similar to the underlying protocol of the Internet. Even if it doesn't achieve that goal, bitcoin has the potential to create a decentralized, peer-to-peer currency.

In addition, The Economist also published an article yesterday titled "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?" It is reported that this is also the first award won by Satoshi Nakamoto.

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Original article: http://www.economist.com/events-conferences/asia/innovation-awards-summit-2015
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