Mystery surrounding the identity of the founder of Bitcoin
However, since Bitcoin was born, the community has not known exactly who Satoshi Nakamoto is. Experts said that if this person's identity is revealed, Bitcoin will have a large fluctuation in both value and internal governance structure.
There have been several theories about Nakamoto's identity. Some of them are even self-nominated. Typically, Craig Wright, the man known as Faketoshi. This person repeatedly claimed he was the "father of Bitcoin".
Wright's statement triggered a lawsuit. In the case, "Kleiman v. Wright, "new evidence suggests that Wright is not" the father of Bitcoin ". The evidence led to a name called Paul Le Roux.
Paul Le Roux has been a good programming tycoon who has been imprisoned since 2012. That is probably why his 1 million bitcoins were frozen. There are several theories that Craig Wright was once an employee of Paul Le Roux. Craig Wright deceived and stole a hard drive which contained 1 million Bitcoins of Paul Le Roux. Unfortunately for Wright, Paul Le Roux used TrueCrypt to securely lock those Bitcoin.
Wright spent years trying to crack this hard drive but failed, which is why he still hasn't proven himself as Satoshi Nakamoto.
Evidence shows that Paul Le Roux is Satoshi Nakamoto
Before becoming a criminal, Paul Le Roux was an excellent programmer and had many own ideas.
According to Wikipedia, in 1997, Paul Le Roux created E4M, the software capable of encrypting an entire drive. In addition, he has many similarities with the father of Bitcoin.
Both Paul Le Roux and Satoshi Nakamoto are programmers who prefer to use the C ++ programming language. Before Le Roux was known as a criminal, he was an excellent programmer with an obsession with cryptography and privacy, like Satoshi Nakamoto. Moreover, Le Roux stated expressing similar striking ideals of Satoshi Nakamoto.
One million Bitcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto is said to have been hidden in an encryption software based on the E4M code created by Le Roux. In addition, Le Roux is also suspected because he was a member of an anonymous developer group called "TrueCrypt".
This suspicion is very convincing because some of Le Roux's former colleagues believe he created it. But they could not find any evidence so this is still a mystery. If someone can hold 1 million BTC, then it will be the creator of TrueCrypt disk encryption software.
In 2011, Satoshi disappeared under the pretext of moving into another field. In the same period, Le Roux moved from software development to the position of a drug trafficking gang. During this time, Le Roux had difficulty when his pharmaceutical company, RX Limited, was tightly controlled by the US government and DEA (US Drug Enforcement Administration).
Also in 2011, Le Roux began to disappear for a long time. When the US authorities approached, Le Roux took temporary residence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was planning to move elsewhere. Between Le Roux and Satoshi, there is a strong coincidence of the disappearance of time.
Is Paul Le Roux the solution to the mystery of the founder of Bitcoin?
Despite all the evidence that Le Roux may be Satoshi Nakamoto, there are reasons to believe that this is not the solution to all mysteries.
In 2009, when Satoshi was fine-tuning Bitcoin, Le Roux became a tycoon of arms and drug trafficking himself. It's hard to be both a tycoon and a forum to answer questions about Bitcoin.
Therefore, it can be argued that Wright fabricated Le Roux's story in an effort to prove he was the creator of Bitcoin. In addition, it should be noted that Wright has no reputation in the field of cryptocurrencies. Few believe what he said, including the claim that he created Bitcoin and is Satoshi Nakamoto.
