Image: BBC Craig Wright ousted himself as Satoshi Nakamoto, the maker of Bitcoin. The real identity of elusive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly Australian entrepreneur Craig Steven Wright.
Wright has apparently proven his identity to the BBC , the Economis t and the London Review of Books , all three of which have reported the story Monday, by digitally signing messages using some of the earliest Bitcoin cryptographic keys, which are linked to Bitcoin blocks mined by Nakamoto himself. Furthermore, BBC claims prominent members of the Bitcoin community and development team have confirmed that Wright is, indeed, Nakamoto.
"I was the main part of it, other peopled helped me," Wright said in a televised interview with the BBC.
Wright also published an elaborate blog post Monday, explaining, in very technical terms, how he proved he is Nakamoto. Furthermore, Gavin Andresen, the chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, has recently met with Wright and subsequently wrote a blog post saying he believes Wright’s claims to be genuine. The search for the real Satoshi
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, who invented Bitcoin in 2008 and is estimated to have amassed around one million bitcoins (some $450 million by today’s value), is a mystery that has been puzzling the IT world for a decade.
Wright has been "ousted" as the creator of Bitcoin by Wired and Gizmodo , both of which were sent a trove of documents indicating that Wright is, in fact, Nakamoto. However, in a later story, Wired reported that it’s more likely that Wright’s story is a very elaborate hoax .
Shortly after the story was publicized, the Australian tax authorities raided Wright’s house in Gordon, New South Wales and offices in Sydney.
Wright’s motivation for revealing his identity as Nakamoto is to end the seemingly endless media speculation about his identity. An in-depth […]
