It’s the Golden Owl on steroids. If the mystery surrounding the real identity of the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has only lasted since 2008 and not 31 years as with the artifact unearthed Thursday, it concerns a much larger treasure. The inventor of the payment network and the cryptocurrency that makes it possible has 1.1 million bitcoins in his digital wallet, or nearly 62 billion euros.
If he were to become known, he would become one of the richest people in the world and would, among other things, have the possibility of creating a massive movement on bitcoin prices which would likely create other turmoil on the stock markets. global.
Len Sassaman singled out by the networks
But the conditional is appropriate, because since 2011 no one has had any news from Satoshi Nakamoto, the individual or group of individuals behind the white paper published in October 2008 which enabled the creation of the Bitcoin blockchain. And investigations have multiplied since that time to uncover the identity of the person hiding behind the pseudonym with its Japanese sound.
Latest, that of Cullen Hoback. The documentarian, known for his work on QAnon, will release “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery” on October 8 on HBO, a docu whose trailer suggests that it will reveal the identity of Satoshi.
Many experts on the subject express their skepticism on social networks, putting forward an argument also developed in the trailer: “anyone who was competent enough to create bitcoin will also be competent enough to leave no trace”.
However, some are taking the opportunity to bet on the identity of the person that HBO will present as the creator of Bitcoin. In this little game, it is an American computer scientist who died in Belgium in 2011, Len Sassaman, who wins the bet. Is he really the one the documentary will present as the father of cryptocurrencies? Answer Tuesday…
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