Recently, Wierd magazine and Gizmodo website in the United States published an article saying that all kinds of evidence show that Australian businessman and scholar Craig? Stephen? Craig steve wright is the inventor of Bitcoin in Satoshi Nakamoto. But last Friday, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto denied this by email, which made the identity of the inventor of Bitcoin confusing.
After the global financial crisis broke out in 2008, someone published a paper under the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" to explain the concept of Bitcoin. In 2009, Bitcoin was officially born. Its biggest feature is decentralization, which can ensure the security and freedom of Bitcoin.
In addition, Bitcoin can be circulated around the world and managed on any networked computer. 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, once reaching $65,438+0,200. At present, the transaction price of bitcoin is about $4 10, which makes the whole bitcoin network worth more than $6 billion.
Wikileaks started the bitcoin craze. 20 10, 1 1 year 10, Wikileaks released hundreds of thousands of cables between the State Council and American embassies abroad, most of which were confidential documents.
This move angered the US government and asked major financial institutions to block Wikileaks founder Julian? Julian Assange's financial accounts related to Wikileaks. Later, Assange turned to the world for help through Twitter and expressed his willingness 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 didn't want to see this scene. He protested at the forum: "The bitcoin system is still immature, and Assange's attention to bitcoin will destroy bitcoin."
When discussing technical issues, Satoshi Nakamoto never disclosed any personal information, although he sometimes commented on the banking industry and some reserve banking businesses. In the profile of P2P Foundation on 20 12, 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 native language is English and his bitcoin software is not recorded or marked in Japanese.
Satoshi Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin code began in 2007.
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 a group of people or a group of geniuses. Laszlo Hanyecz, the developer who sent an email to Satoshi Nakamoto, thinks the code is too suitable for one person to use. John mcafee declared that Satoshi Nakamoto was "a team of 1 1 people". Gavin Anderson talked about Satoshi Nakamoto's code: "He is an excellent programmer, but he is eccentric."
Because Satoshi Nakamoto's identity has always been a mystery, no one has seen his true face. Therefore, every once in a while, people always come out to 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 "Osubenicong". Recently, the news about "Satoshi Nakamoto's self-incrimination" has once again made a lot of noise on the Internet, and its credibility and authenticity are much higher than before.
18 In August, a blockchain company named Satoshi Nakamoto Fuxing Holdings said that the "real" Satoshi Nakamoto had been hidden for 10 years, and promised to uncover the mystery of 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 won't touch his 980,000 Bitcoins.
At 4am on August 19, "Satoshi Nakamoto" published the full text of the first part of self-certification on its website, revealing the source of Bitcoin and its pseudonym. Its self-proof shows that BTC originated from BCCI, which was founded by Aga Hassan abedi, the founder of United Bank Limited (UBL).
In the early morning of August 20th, "Satoshi Nakamoto" released the second film, telling the whereabouts of 980,000 bitcoins, revealing its true identity as a Pakistani. The most astounding thing is that the article said that 980,000 bitcoins were lost due to hard disk crash.
Judging from the contents of the above-mentioned self-certification, this evidence alone is not enough to prove that he is the identity of "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 carefully packaged hype, and it is unlikely to be Satoshi Nakamoto himself. Li Qiwei, the founder of Litecoin, also commented on this incident on Twitter, saying that if Satoshi Nakamoto wanted to show himself, he would sign a message with the Genesis key, and anything below this point would most likely be fraudulent.
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper on Bitcoin, which made him famous. In 20 10, Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared after posting the last message 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 is now 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 listed many people who might be Satoshi Nakamoto. Among them, there are many big names in the fields of mathematics, cryptography, computer science and business. Different from "impostors", the suspects tried their best to deny their Satoshi Nakamoto identity, and even once issued a document calling on the media not to disturb their peaceful life. Many attempts to find Satoshi Nakamoto ended in failure.
Perhaps, Satoshi Nakamoto has long known that only by being anonymous can he be safe. It is said that Satoshi Nakamoto has 980,000 bitcoins, which is the person who holds the most bitcoins. According to the current price of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto's assets have exceeded10 billion dollars. If Satoshi Nakamoto is active until now, he will become a decisive presence in the bitcoin world, and his every move will attract attention regardless of his assets or his identity.
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, 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 considered to be Satoshi Nakamoto is long. In 20 14, Newsweek named him Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, a Japanese-American physicist. It turns out that he has little in common with the founder of Bitcoin except his surname.
For self-propagandists, using Satoshi Nakamoto's name is the only way to arouse curiosity. Earlier this year, John McAfee, an Anglo-American businessman, announced that he would reveal Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity, but he soon chickened out.
Companies related to Roberto de Jess Escobar gaviria, the brother of drug Lord Pablo Escobar, have registered the bitcoin trademark. This year, a coloring book and an insert book will be published under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. In May this year, China entrepreneur Liu Wei registered the copyright of the 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 20 15. Later he said it was true, and now it's another Faketoshi.
Wright certainly knows bitcoin and its creation like the back of his hand. In a long article published in the London Review of Books on 20 16, Andrew Auhagen told Wright's story in detail. He is an outstanding mathematician and programmer. He claims to have created the concept of Bitcoin with several people whose names often appear in Satoshi Nakamoto legends, including cryptographer Hal Finney and computer forensics analyst David E. Kreman (both of whom are dead).
Wright said that the storage of one million bitcoins hidden by Wright and kleiman in their early development was entrusted to Australians because they thought it was too dangerous to hang on them. Due to lack of 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 (using an encryption key known only to Satoshi Nakamoto) was proved to be false. Wright was either frightened at the critical moment or lying.
Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, and the reason why he can't admit this is very strong. He will be aware of the actions that may be taken against him because of the disclosure. Those who appear on the disclosure all say Wright's obvious feelings. But he is now notorious. Wired pointed out that it "no longer believes that Wright may be the creator of Bitcoin". Wright is giving a speech now. He made a factual mistake in his speech, and those who tried to sabotage his Satoshi Nakamoto case caught him. But everyone who rejects the Bitcoin community thinks that Wright or any other claimant has almost revealed that he is unwilling to attribute such an ingenious invention to anyone.
As Wright said, "I talk too much to people who are angry because of me."
Ted agreed. 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 his identity mysterious. 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 money. In addition, its inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, estimated that he had about/kloc-0.0 million bitcoins (3.8 billion dirhams), which could be sought from his taxes. It seems that digital currency's successful invention is accompanied by great responsibility.
Sachir Gupta, a former intern of Musk Space Exploration Technology Company, is making rockets and launching 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 pen name' so a man as-t'".
Whether he is the founder of Bitcoin or not, when Tesla buys virtual currency worth $654.38+500 million, Musk is optimistic about cryptocurrency. He said that this is part of the initiative to accept Bitcoin for Tesla's purchase "in the near future".
But in the process, Musk and Tesla pushed up the price of Bitcoin by 16% on February 8, 20021year, reaching the highest record of 4480 1 dollar at that time.
Twitter is also considering investing in RMB. Ned Segal, the financial director of Twitter, said in an interview with the American Consumer News and Business Channel: "We have done a lot of preliminary thinking on how to pay employees if they ask to pay in bitcoin." "If the seller asks for payment in bitcoin, how can we pay the seller and do we need to use bitcoin on the balance sheet?"
As a software developer in Massachusetts, Anderson and Nakomoto are working together to develop Bitcoin. It is said that Anderson's works are very similar to those of Satoshi Nakamoto. It is reported that andresen left the project on 20 10 and became the "core defender" of Bitcoin open source code.
Therefore, some people think that Satoshi Nakamoto didn't "leave", while Andreessen just gave up his dual identity.
Anderson knows bitcoin very well. According to an article on a software developer's Twitter page, he provided a tutorial on virtual currency for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He works full-time in the advocacy group of the 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 rich.
Anderson denied that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, while other project developers said he was not Satoshi Nakamoto.
Lehdonvirta was an early leader of Satoshi Nakamoto's true identity. He was selected by an article in The New Yorker. Lehdonvirta is a former Finnish video game designer. He served on the advisory board of a Finnish organization dedicated to promoting online privacy. He said he wasn't Satoshi Nakamoto.
Le Roux is a Zimbabwean-born criminal planner whose goal is to create a black market version of Amazon. 20 14 was convicted of drug trafficking, selling technology to Iran and participating in many murders. In 2020, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
He is also a shrewd computer code writer. Evan Ratliffe, the author of "The Planner" about Leroux and his crimes, heard that Leroux was mentioned in a lawsuit related to Bitcoin. This led Ratliff to look for evidence to link his book with Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ratliff wrote in Wired magazine: "Leroux is the answer to creating the mystery of Bitcoin."
But Ratliff later admitted that most of the evidence could be attributed to coincidence.
American computer scientist Szabo specializes in cryptocurrency research. He once created a decentralized currency called "bit gold", but it was never put into use. His theoretical cryptocurrency is completely similar to bitcoin. Some people think that this makes it possible for him to become the real Satoshi Nakamoto. But Saab denied this.
Aswath Damodaran, a professor of finance at new york University, said that whoever Nakomoto is, he is now a billionaire. He kept more than one million bitcoins. And he was not surprised by the founder's low profile: "Bitcoin is designed for paranoid weirdos."