Eccentric millionaire John McAfee, said in an interview during Virtual Blockchain Week that he knows the identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto - as McAfee claims, with almost 100% certainty ..

McAfee: I know who Satoshi is

The issue of the true identity of the mysterious creator of Bitcoin (BTC), hiding under the nickname Satoshi Nakamoto, has long been the subject of heated discussion among the cryptocurrency community. Since the creation of the first cryptocurrency Satoshi Nakamoto, many have appeared, like the well-known Craig Wright, but so far none of them have been able to prove that they are behind the rise of BTC.

John McAfee, one of the pioneers of anti-virus software, claimed last year that he knows who Satoshi is probably and can expose him. Now he convinces in an interview with CoinTelegraph that he is almost sure of it.

The controversial entrepreneur said that he had previously planned to reveal Satoshi's true identity, because this is of great importance to the entire industry, and false declarations destroy its image. however, he changed his mind after a telephone conversation with the alleged Satoshi, who was supposed to dissuade him from this idea, because it could put him in danger. McAfee added, however, that it is "easy" to identify the author of the Bitcoin White Paper ..

The tips are in the Bitcoin White Paper, says McAfee

During an interview, McAfee said that the popular belief that Satoshi designed Bitcoin himself was "nonsense," adding "it was a team of eleven people in five years who eventually came up with (BTC)".

According to McAfee, there was one person behind the writing of the white paper for the project, and the directions for its discovery are found in this document. He assures that the language analysis of the document, also called stylometry, is all that is needed to discover Satoshi's identity.

the most famous contender for the Bitcoin creator title is Craig Wright, who has repeatedly insisted in the past that he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. He even accused Nakamoto of plagiarizing his work. Wright's credibility in connection with his numerous lies, however, is negligible.

McAfee's claims should also be taken with a grain of salt, given his famous forecast that BTC was expected to cost $ 1 million by the end of 2020 and then withdrew from it.

Who is Satoshi really? Nobody (except McAfee) knows the answer to this question. The interested person was active in the network until 2010, writing anonymously on the Bitcointalk forum, after which he fell silent and disappeared ..