Satoshi Nakamoto and Alexander Hamilton face off in epic rap battle

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, faced Alexander Hamilton, the original proponent of centralized banking, in an epic rap battle produced by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

Created as a fun way to present the battle between fiat currencies and Bitcoin, the video quickly gained traction, surpassing 125,00 views in less than 24 hours.

Using a rap battle to promote the benefits of Bitcoin.

The best way to do that, Hoffman found, was to set up a rap battle.

"We decided to pit the original bankster himself, Alexander Hamilton, arguing for the merits of centralized currencies against cryptocurrency's mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto," Hoffman wrote in a LinkedIn post.

Hoffman enlisted the help of Epic Rap Battles of History's EpicLLOYD and YouTube veteran Timothy DeLaGhetto to play the parts of Hamilton and Nakamoto, while legendary rapper Gift of Gab hosted the debate.

The 6-minute long video sees one of the founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, and Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto antagonize each other with common, but not uncomical, arguments for and against decentralized currencies.

After the video was published, Hoffman took to Twitter to ask his followers who they thought won the battle.

With 72 percent of the vote going to Satoshi Nakamoto, the audience seemed pretty sure of who the winner was.

Who wins in a debate: Alexander Hamilton or Satoshi Nakamoto?