Over the past decade, people across the world might have noticed how the cryptocurrency enthusiasts use to discuss the true identity of Bitcoin’s creator, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. Till now, Satoshi Nakamoto’s anonymity continues, and people are still suspecting others as Satoshi.
Over the years, there have been a lot of Satoshi suspects, and leading crypto news channels like News.Bitcoin.com have published several articles about the possibility of some people being Satoshi. The most popular among others is the series called The Many Facts on the suspects of Satoshi.
Although Satoshi left his Bitcoin project back in December 2010, people are still relentlessly hunting down the mysterious creator during the past decade. And this blog throws light on some of the renowned crypto enthusiasts that are suspected as Satoshi Nakamoto.
Who Are These 7 Suspicious Satoshis?
As we all know, Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudo name used by the mysterious person or group of persons that developed the original Bitcoin codebase. But, it is still a mystery who this person is and how he looks like.
The anonymous coder has not disclosed any of his personal information; he has only mentioned that he is a 37-year-old male and lived in Japan. However, people still have doubts about his real identity and suspect several crypto experts. The following are some of those people who are highly suspected as Satoshi:
- Hal Finney: One of the most popular Satoshi contenders is Hal Finney. He was an experienced coder as well as the first individual to run the Bitcoin codebase. Hence, people assume that he definitely had the expertise to invent Bitcoin.
- Nick Szabo: The second suspect is the computer scientist called Nick Szabo. Szabo has created a project called bit gold, which was released before Bitcoin. And several news channels suspect him to be Bitcoin’s creator.
- Shinichi Mochizuki: Although Shinichi Mochizuki is a mysterious and little-known character, people suspect him as Satoshi. The reason might be his long history of mathematical innovation. His writing style is also much like the creator of Bitcoin.
- Ian Grigg: The fourth suspected Satoshi Nakamoto is a financial cryptographer and Ricardian contract inventor Ian Grigg. As the cryptographer is associated with Wright, people believe he was part of a team called Satoshi Nakamoto.
- Dorian Nakamoto: According to a Newsweek columnist, Dorian Nakamoto’s birth name was Satoshi Nakamoto. Dorian is a California-native and Japanese American engineer, and he was accused of being Satoshi back in March 2014.
- Wei Dai: Wei Dai’s name is referenced in the Bitcoin white-paper as the creator of the technology quoted in the b-money white-paper. This made people believe that he might be the actual Satoshi Nakamoto.
- Adam Back: The YouTube channel called Barely Social posted a video on May 11, 2020, titled Unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto, which claims that Adam Back can be the creator of Bitcoin.