Hi Cryptorians
Today we will unveil some mysteries that people are still searching for decades after discovering them. Who is the great Satoshi Nakamoto who created Bitcoin? Of course, as we believe in Bitcoin, we want to know its creator. Some thought it was a single person, a group of geniuses, a company, or even a country, but I focus on it as a single entity or individual.
Let's start with the people that are linked as the creators of Bitcoin, from lowest probability to highest probability:
1. Dorian Nakamoto. A former engineer who was first to be considered Satoshi Nakamoto and who repeatedly denied his involvement in Bitcoin.
Point appealing: name and looks are appealing with Satoshi Nakamoto.
Point against: Satoshi Nakamoto himself had made a public forum post in which he denied being Dorian Nakamoto.
2. Hal Finney. A computer scientist, coder, and cryptography enthusiast who worked long before Bitcoin was born.
Point appealing: Neighbour to Dorian Nakamoto, who is believed to idealise the name of Satoshi Nakamoto and also be the first person to receive the Bitcoin transactions.
Point against: Hal Finney had proven to believers that he was not Satoshi Nakamoto by showing email conversations between him and Satoshi, thus dismissing the claim.
3. Craig Wright. Two Ph.D. holders, an Australian computer scientist who claimed that he is Satoshi Nakamoto (he is the only one claiming to date; the rest are against).
Point appealing: timestamps produced by Satoshi's blog coincide with those from Wright's blog. And some research also stated that Satoshi uses UK/Commonwealth native words like "favour" with an "u" instead of "favor".
Point against: Blog entries and public encryption keys appear to be out of date. Prominent figure in the blockchain world, Vitalik Buterin, as well as the Bitcoin communities are against the claim.
4. Nick Szabo. A computer engineer and legal scholar.
Point appealing: He invented the Bit Gold, the predecessor of the Bitcoin, writing mannerisms are described as the same by writing specialists, and even Elon Musk (one of the richest men in the world) stated that Nick Szabo is the one.
Additional point: When we focus on the 1st capital in the names "N" and "S" compared to "Satoshi" and "Nakamoto", it is too appealing to a writer who wants to use a fake (but with some notations) name as I do.
Point against: Nothings...
I strongly believe that Nick Szabo is the creator of Bitcoin, even though he constantly denies it. But after all, we need to respect the person for their secret keeping strategy, as privacy matters in an unregulated world (yet). If the identity of the person behind the name Satoshi Nakamoto is revealed, there will be a lot of uncertainty, including lawsuits, charging, social harassment, and even imprisonment.
Alright, that's all.
