Is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin who suddenly made a move with X, real?



The virtual currency Bitcoin and its core technology, blockchain, were born in 2008 from a paper published online under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still unknown, but an account claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto suddenly posted on X (formerly Twitter) and it became a hot topic. Motherboard, an IT news site, is verifying whether this account claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto is genuine.

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Below is a post posted by an account calling itself Satoshi Nakamoto on October 3, 2023, after breaking silence for over three years. “Bitcoin is a predicate machine. Over the next few months, we will be exploring various aspects that are not explicitly stated in the white paper. All of these aspects are part of Bitcoin and are important. Some of the ideas were early on, and now is the time to develop them and explain them.'



In the above post, X's community notes feature states, ``This account is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin.This is an account associated with Craig Wright, which claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto without any evidence. 'We are doing so' is added.

Also on October 4th, ``Bitcoin was created for everyone. The next halving is an important and predicted event that will mean transaction fees will replace mining subsidies.'' 'There are a lot of people who don't want you to know the truth. They don't want to silence this account. They want to silence you. 2024 is the year of the Dragon.'



This post also appears in X's Community Notes feature: ``Craig Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, but has been proven to be a fraudster. He controls this account and should not be trusted.'' ” is written.

This '@satoshi' account tweeted a white paper around 2018. Regarding this, a person named Andy Rowe said, ``I tweeted the full text of the white paper from @Dr_CSWright on behalf of @satoshi.''



@Dr_CSWright is the account of Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed businessman living in Australia.



Mr. Wright has been claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto since around 2018, and has filed a lawsuit against the developer seeking access to the virtual currency and rewriting the code. Although it has not been clearly denied whether Mr. Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, many people involved in virtual currency have pointed out that ``Mr. Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto.''

A man who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin loses his case and is ordered to pay up to 500 billion yen worth of Bitcoin - GIGAZINE



In 2022, Wright sued a Bitcoin critic for defamation who called him a 'liar' and 'stupid.' Although the court recognized the defamation, it only ordered damages of $1.26 (about 190 yen) because Mr. Wright presented false evidence.

A person believed to be the true identity of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto wins a defamation lawsuit and receives compensation of approximately 160 yen - GIGAZINE



Wright previously served as CEO of blockchain company nChain, and former nChain CEO Kristen Ager-Hansen said, ``The @satoshi account is owned by Andy Rowe, a follower of Wright. Craig Wright has now taken over. Don't be fooled!'



nChain did not respond to Motherboard's request for comment. Motherboard said, ``@satoshi is using a credit card to register for paid verification with X. I can't believe that the real Satoshi Nakamoto would simply register his credit card with X to receive verification.'' states.

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