recently, an article published by Wierd magazine and Gizmodo website in the United States said that all kinds of evidence showed that Australian businessman and scholar Craig? Stephen? Craig Steven Wright is the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. But on Friday, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto sent an email denying this, which made the identity of the inventor of Bitcoin confusing.
After the global financial crisis broke out in 28, someone published a paper under the pseudonym of "Satoshi Nakamoto", explaining the concept of Bitcoin. In 29, Bitcoin was officially born. Its biggest feature is decentralization, which can ensure the security and freedom of Bitcoin.
In addition, Bitcoin can be circulated all over the world and managed on any computer with Internet access. No matter where you are, anyone can mine, buy, sell or collect bitcoin. With the popularity of Bitcoin, its price has been rising day by day, reaching $1,2 at one time. At present, the transaction price of Bitcoin is about $41, making the whole bitcoin network worth more than $6 billion.
it was WikiLeaks that set off the bitcoin craze. In November, 21, Wikileaks released hundreds of thousands of telegrams between the State Council and American embassies abroad, most of which were classified documents.
This move angered the US government and asked major financial institutions to block the founder of Wikileaks Julian? Julian Assange and Wikileaks related financial accounts. Later, Assange asked the world for help through Twitter, saying that he was willing to accept Bitcoin as a source of funds. In the end, Assange survived the crisis through bitcoin.
But as the founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto doesn't want to see this. He protested at the forum: "The bitcoin system is still immature, and Assange's attention to bitcoin will destroy bitcoin."
Satoshi Nakamoto never disclosed any personal information when discussing technical issues, although he sometimes provided comments on banking and partial reserve banking. In the profile of P2P Foundation in 212, Satoshi Nakamoto claimed that he was a 37-year-old male living in Japan. However, some people speculate that he is unlikely to be Japanese because his mother tongue is used in English environment and his bitcoin software is not recorded or marked in Japanese.
Satoshi Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin code began in 27.
Some people think that Satoshi Nakamoto may be a group of people: Dan kaminsky, a security researcher who reads bitcoin codes, said that Satoshi Nakamoto can be either a group of people or a group of geniuses. Laszlo Hanyecz, a developer who sent an email to Nakamoto, thought the code was too suitable for one person to use. John McAfee declared that Satoshi Nakamoto was "a team of eleven people". Gavin Andresen talked about Satoshi Nakamoto's code: "He's an excellent coder, but he's weird."
Because Satoshi Nakamoto's identity has always been a mystery, no one has ever seen his true colors. Therefore, every once in a while, people always come out and claim that they are Satoshi Nakamoto himself, or appear in major media and forums in the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, among which there are many showstopper like "Ausubeni Satoshi". Recently, the news about "Satoshi Nakamoto's self-incrimination" was once again raging on the Internet, and its credibility and truthfulness were much higher than before.
On August 18th, a blockchain company named Satoshi Nakamoto Renaissance Holdings said that the "real" Satoshi Nakamoto had been hiding for 1 years, and promised to reveal his identity in three phases on its website (/). Satoshi Nakamoto will also disclose his life-related information and more details through this self-certification, and explain why he will not move his 98, bitcoins.
starting at 4 am on August 19th, "Satoshi Nakamoto" published the full text of the first part of its self-certification on its website, which revealed the source of Bitcoin and its pseudonym. Its self-certification indicates that BTC originally originated from the International Credit Commercial Bank (BCCI) founded by Agha Hasan Abedi, the founder of United Bank Limited (UBL).
In the early morning of August 2th, "Satoshi Nakamoto" released the second part, which tells the whereabouts of 98, bitcoins and exposes his true identity as a Pakistani. The most astounding thing is that the article said that 98, bitcoins were lost due to hard disk crash.
Judging from the contents of the above self-certification, this evidence alone is not enough to prove his identity as "Satoshi Nakamoto", and this self-certification has also caused ridicule and dissatisfaction among netizens. Most people think that this is probably just a stunt, a well-packaged hype, and it is unlikely to be Satoshi Nakamoto himself. Li Qiwei, the founder of Litecoin, also tweeted about this incident, saying that if Satoshi Nakamoto wanted to show himself, he would sign a message with the Genesis key, and any behavior below this point would most likely be fraudulent.
In 28, Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper on Bitcoin, which made it famous. In 21, Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared after posting his last post on Bitcointalk. Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity has become an unsolved mystery in the currency circle, and why he has been reluctant to show up has now become another mystery.
With the soaring price of Bitcoin, more and more people are keen to "find" Satoshi Nakamoto. With clues and even completely subjective guesses, netizens have listed a lot of people who may be Satoshi Nakamoto. Among them, there are many big names in mathematics, cryptography, computer science and business. Different from the "impostors", the suspects tried their best to deny their identity as Satoshi Nakamoto, and even once issued a document calling on the media not to disturb their quiet life. Repeated attempts to find Satoshi Nakamoto ended in failure.
Perhaps, Satoshi Nakamoto has long known that only by staying anonymous can he be safe. It is rumored that Satoshi Nakamoto owns 98, bitcoins, which is the person who holds the most bitcoins. According to the current price of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto's assets have exceeded 1 billion US dollars. If Satoshi Nakamoto is active up to now, he will become a decisive presence in the bitcoin world, regardless of his assets or his identity, and his every move will attract attention.
Ten years after the advent of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto may still be "hidden" behind the scenes, secretly observing everything, maybe Satoshi Nakamoto has long since disappeared, maybe Satoshi Nakamoto is a person, or maybe a group of people. In fact, it doesn't matter who Satoshi Nakamoto is. We just need to pay attention to the fact that Bitcoin itself is valuable.
The list of people who are considered to be Satoshi Nakamoto is very long. In 214, Newsweek named him Dorian Nakamoto, a Japanese-American physicist, and it turned out that he had little in common with the founder of Bitcoin except his surname.
for self-publicists, using Nakamoto's name is the only way to stimulate curiosity. Earlier this year, John McAfee, an Anglo-American businessman, announced that he would reveal Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity, but he chickened out soon afterwards.
companies related to Roberto de Jes us Escobar Gaviria, the brother of Pablo Escobar, the drug king, have registered bitcoin trademarks. This year, a coloring book and an inserted book will be published under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. In May, China entrepreneur Wei Liu registered the copyright of the original Bitcoin white paper, "just to let people know that anyone can register the copyright. Everyone can be Satoshi Nakamoto ".
Even the most convincing person, Satoshi Nakamoto, an Australian computer scientist, was eliminated by Wired magazine under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto in 215. Later, he said it was true, and now he is considered another Faketoshi.
Wright certainly knows a lot about Bitcoin and its creation. In a long article published in the London Review of Books in 216, Andrew O 'Auhagen told Wright's story in detail. He is an extraordinary mathematician and programmer. He claims to have forged the idea of Bitcoin with several people whose names often appear in Satoshi Nakamoto legends, including cryptographer Hal Finney and computer forensics analyst Dav e Kleiman (both dead).
Wright said that the storage of one million bitcoins hidden by Wright and kleiman in their early development was entrusted to the Australians because they thought it was too dangerous to hang on them. Lacking cash, he signed a business agreement, which made him the center of a new company dedicated to the invention of cryptography, but as part of the agreement, Wright was bound by the contract and had to prove that he was the founder of Bitcoin. However, at the critical moment, his proof (the use of encryption keys that only Satoshi Nakamoto can know) was proved to be false. Wright was either startled at the critical moment or he was lying.
Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, and there are strong reasons why he can't admit it. He will be aware of the actions that may be taken against him because of the disclosure, and those who appear on the "big disclosure" are talking about Wright's obvious feelings. But he is now notorious, and Wired points out that it "no longer believes that Wright may be the creator of Bitcoin". Wright is now giving a speech. He made a factual mistake in his speech, and those who want to sabotage his Satoshi Nakamoto case caught him. But everyone who rejects the Bitcoin community believes that Wright or any other claimant almost reveals that he is unwilling to attribute such ingenious invention to anyone.
as Wright said, "I talked too much with people who were annoyed because of me."
ted agrees. He said: "Indeed, if Bitcoin has a place in high-level people, it will destroy the way all participants think they are participants."
sometimes, mysteries may be so compelling that the prospect of solving them is obviously unpopular. It is wise to remember any Faketoshis in the future.
it is not surprising that the privacy-conscious cryptographer who invented bitcoin wants to keep the mystery of his identity. If it is not covered up, eavesdropping is likely to get what it wants, but the government can hold them responsible for crimes committed with the currency. Besides, its inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, estimated that he had about one million bitcoins (DH3 8 billion), which could be sought after in his tax revenue. It seems that the successful invention of digital currency is accompanied by great responsibility.
Sahil Gupta, a former intern of Musk SpaceX, is making rockets and exploding them into outer space. He speculated on the media website that "Satoshi Nakamoto may be Elon".
Musk denied this, although, as Medium pointed out, he might "choose a crossword puzzle with the alias 'So a man as-t'".
Whether he is the founder of Bitcoin or not, when Tesla bought virtual currency worth $1.5 billion, Musk was optimistic about cryptocurrency. He said that this is part of the move to accept Bitcoin for Tesla purchases "in the near future".
However, in the process, Musk and Tesla pushed up the price of Bitcoin by 16% on February 8, 221, reaching the highest record of $44,81 at that time.
Twitter is also considering investing in this currency. Ned Segal, the financial controller of Twitter, said in an interview with CNBC: "We have done a lot of preliminary thinking about how we should pay employees if they ask to pay in bitcoin." "If the seller asks for payment in bitcoin, how can we pay the seller and whether we need to use bitcoin on the balance sheet?"
as a software developer in Massachusetts, Andresen and Nakomoto are working together to develop bitcoin. It is said that Andresen's works are very similar to Satoshi Nakamoto's. It is reported that Andresen left the project in 21 and became a "core defender" of Bitcoin open source code.
For this reason, some people think that Satoshi Nakamoto didn't "leave", but andresen just gave up his dual identity.
Andresen knows so much about Bitcoin that according to an article on the Twitter page of a software developer, he provided a tutorial on virtual currency for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He works full-time in the advocacy group of Bitcoin Foundation and insists through his website that "it is a" wrong assumption "to assume that people who worked in Bitcoin in their early years are very rich.
Andresen denied that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, while other project developers said that he was not Satoshi Nakamoto.
Lehdonvirta is an early leader of Nakamoto's true identity. He was selected in an article in The New Yorker. Lehdonvirta is a former Finnish video game designer. He once served on the advisory committee of a Finnish organization dedicated to promoting online privacy. He said he wasn't Satoshi Nakamoto.
Le Roux is a Zimbabwean-born criminal mastermind who aims to create a black market version of Amazon. In 214, he was convicted of drug trafficking, selling technology to Iran and participating in many murders. In 22, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
He is also a shrewd writer of computer code. Evan Ratliffe, the author of the book "The Planner" about Leroux and his crimes, heard that Leroux was mentioned in a lawsuit related to Bitcoin. This led Ratliffe to seek evidence to connect his book with Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ratliffe wrote in Wired: "Le Roux is the solution to the mystery of creating Bitcoin."
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