Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi Nakamoto claimed as the founder of Bitcoin. This name is used by the pseudonymous person or persons as they do not want to reveal their identity. The personality has claimed the development of the bitcoin white paper and the original reference implementation of Bitcoin. The problem of double-spending for digital currency was solved by Nakamoto using the technology of peer-to-peer networking.

Identity and Characteristics

The personal information of Nakamoto has not been disclosed publicly. It was claimed at the profile of the P2P foundation that Nakamoto was a 37-year-old male who lived in Japan. But this is controversial because that person is perfect in English and also the Bitcoin software is not labeled with the Japanese logo. No further information about the personality of Satoshi Nakamoto is known.

Net Worth of Satoshi Nakamoto

Almost 1 million bitcoins or even more are owned by Satoshi Nakamoto which at present is a net worth of $ 2.6 billion. He has mined his name I the Genesis block in January 2009 but from 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto was not communicating with anyone. And during this period the Bitcoin came into the existence. One million bitcoins is a very large amount that is owned by the owner of the Bitcoin and suddenly if this amount was dumped from the market, it could wreak havoc.

Possible Identities

Still, the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is unknown. Various persons have claimed his identity but there is no proof of anyone to become that personality. Computer Science and cryptographic experts try to speculate the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. Some of the possible identities are listed

  • Dorian Nakamoto

A famous journalist McGrath Goodman in 2014 identifies Dorian Prentice Satoshi as the Satoshi Nakamoto. Dorian Nakamoto was a Japanese American man who is living in California. Goodman has raised a lot of facts through which he suggests Dorian as an inventor of Bitcoin. During the interview, Goodman asked him about the bitcoin, but Dorian stated that he is no longer involved in that and cannot discuss it. this gives a clue to her but later in other media reports, Dorian denied all the connections to bitcoin, even he refused to recognize the bitcoin.

  • Nick Szabo

A famous blogger in December 2013 linked Nick Szabo as the Santoshi Nakamoto, the founder of bitcoin as the Szabo is a decentralized currency enthusiast and he has also published a paper on the ‘bit gold’. Also, he has an interest in the use of pseudonyms, but later Szabo denied being Satoshi.

  • Hal Finney

A famous journalist of an American business magazine claimed Hal Finney as Satoshi Nakamoto because he was the first person to use the bitcoin software, file bug reports and make improvements in the bitcoin software. Also, the writing analysis of the Finney has a close resemblance to the writing of Santoshi Nakamoto. Another evidence in this regard is that the email history of Finney’s and Nakamoto’s to the bitcoin has much resemblance. But still, it is not proven that Hal Finney is the same personality.

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