In recent years, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have aroused both curiosity and lust on the part of Internet users and the financial world, but behind this revolutionary technology remains a fog of mystery that is struggling to dissipate. Among the unknowns of Bitcoin is the identity of its creator(s).
Despite many assumptions, it is impossible today to say that a decentralized finance has been created, however, many have gone there with their assumptions and their theories, sometimes with supporting evidence, but often without. .. Let’s see together the most popular theories within the cryptocurrency community.
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
First of all, it is necessary to explain the role that Satoshi Nakamoto played in DeFi (Decentralized finance) or decentralized finance. Nakamoto played a major role in theecosystemecosystem Bitcoin. Considered a figurehead of movementmovement cryptocurrencies, her name is on everyone’s lips in the community, especially when discussing the direction in which the queen of cryptos should improve. The only information on Satoshi’s person comes from his P2P Foundation profile where he described himself in 2012 as a 37-year-old Japanese man. After publishing a white paper describing the operation and implementation of a cryptocurrency, he will develop the first version of Bitcoin on his own before gradually leaving the management of the development and the Git repository to other active members of the community that has grown up around it. During its active years, from 2009 to mid-2010, it is revealed that it mined nearly one million Bitcoin out of the 21 million available.
The multiple identities of Satoshi Nakamoto
Today, several clues suggest that Satoshi Nakamoto is not from the land of the Rising Sun and some eminent personalities in technology, such as John McAfee, even suggest that it would be several people united under the same pseudonym. This is why part of the Bitcoin community is relentlessly investigating to discover its true identity.
Dorian Nakamoto
Beyond the surname, many clues suggest that Dorian Nakamoto would be behind the pseudonym of Satoshi. The theory that links Dorian to Satoshi dates from 2014 and comes to us from newsweek.com. Their article on the subject pointed out many similarities between the supposed Japanese man and the Californian man. Both men apparently had liberal views and a connection to Japan. Dorian Nakamoto will deny this association in a letter addressed to the editorial staff of newsweek.com and will be the subject of a collection of donations from the community.
Craig Wright
Few men who loudly claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto are generally taken seriously, but this Australian scientist is surely the most credible of them all. The link between WrightWright and Nakamoto was first established by the media Wired which advanced some evidence such as the presence of emails mentioning a “decentralized registry” but also a blog where Wright made references to the white paper, months before its publication and circulation in the community. In 2021, he finds himself in several arms of ironsirons legal aim to prove whether or not he is the origin of Bitcoin.
Nick Szabo
Considered the inventor of smart contracts (smart contracts), Nick Szabo is surely the most likely contender for the title of Satoshi Nakamoto. In 2008, he conceptualized a decentralized virtual currency named “ gold bit whose operation is extremely similar to that of Bitcoin. The author Dominic Frisby also pointed out that Nakamoto and Szabo had a similar pen and both have already referred to the economist Carl Menger. Additionally, Nick Szabo worked for the company DigiCash which was trying to introduce cryptography to digital payments. Today, there is no hard evidence to contradict the theory associated Nick Szabo with Satoshi Nakamoto.
