Conjectures about Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin: How did Satoshi Nakamoto become "invisible"?
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Satoshi NakamotoSatoshi Nakamotonone other than.For a long time, there have been endless legends about him, just like the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, only known to have existed, but not what kind of existence it was.
minerminer, it is estimated thatSatoshi Nakamoto owns nearly 1 million bitcoins.
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The vernacular blockchain (ID: hellobtc) first takes everyone to review the trajectory of Satoshi Nakamoto from appearance to disappearance:
On November 1, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper entitled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", announcing for the first time that he invented Bitcoin.
On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto dug out the first Bitcoin block, also known as the creation block, and obtainedSystem reward of 50 bitcoins。
On February 11, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto registered the P2P Foundation. The information shows that Satoshi Nakamoto is a 43-year-old Japanese male. As for whether the information is true or Satoshi Nakamoto’s blindfold, it is unknown. On the same day, Satoshi Nakamoto claimed that he had developed an electronic cash system called Bitcoin and provided open source code.
On December 5, 2010, during the WikiLeaks leak of U.S. diplomatic cables, the Bitcoin community called on WikiLeaks to accept Bitcoin donations in order to break the blockade. In order to protect the infant Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto stood up without hesitation and resolutely opposed donations. His reasons were:Bitcoin is still very weak and cannot withstand shocks and disputes.
On December 12, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto published his last article in the Bitcoin forum, mentioning some minor problems in the latest version of the software. Thereafter, email only withA Few of the Bitcoin Core Development TeamStay in touch and don't say anything publicly anymore.
On April 26, 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto wrote in an email: "I have moved on to other things." Since then, Satoshi Nakamoto's email has been closed.
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How did Satoshi Nakamoto become "invisible"?
What is puzzling is that now that the Internet is so developed, the government, media, Bitcoin enthusiasts, hackers and other people are trying their best to "human flesh search" Satoshi Nakamoto, but so far they still find nothing.
"Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?" has become the biggest mystery in the currency circle. So, here comes the question, how did Satoshi Nakamoto successfully "invisible"?
The answer is, because he acts meticulously and meticulously, and has superb hiding ability.
He registered the domain name "http://bitcoin.org" on August 18, 2008, and registered "http://bitcoin.net" for protection.
The domain name registrar chosen by Satoshi Nakamoto can provide anonymity guarantee for the user’s domain name registration, ensuring that it will not be searched by human flesh, and will not be searched by the government. It turns out that they did it, and Satoshi Nakamoto did not. Misunderstood.
In order to hide himself, Satoshi Nakamoto uses the Tor browser (an encrypted browser) to send emails, uses PGP encryption and the Tor network to communicate with anyone, even with the closest partners, and never discloses personal information . He also used fake British spelling, using Japanese names, imitating other people's writing styles, etc., to good effect.
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Various "versions" of Satoshi Nakamoto
There are mainly 5 versions of "Satoshi Nakamoto" circulating in the market:
1. Aliens
Some people boldly speculate whether it is like a common plot in sci-fi movies, where the alien Satoshi Nakamoto came to the earth quietly on a flying saucer on a dark night of one month, and spread the open source code of Bitcoin to the Internet. When his glorious mission was completed, he chose to leave silently without taking a cloud with him.
2. Future traveler
Some people think that Satoshi Nakamoto may be a person from the future. In order to balance the capital of the current economy and society, he traveled to this era and created Bitcoin.
3. Passed away
Some people speculate that Satoshi Nakamoto may have been seriously ill or suffered an accident, and died in 2011. Therefore, Satoshi Nakamoto has masteredbitcoin private keyThey also disappeared together, and more than 1 million bitcoins will sleep forever.
4. A team
Someone studied the code of Bitcoin and thought it was too subtle, not like a single person, but more like a team. Maybe this team is top-notch talents. Creating Bitcoin is a long-standing plan that has been brewing for several years before slowly taking shape.
5. British
The reason is that he can use very smooth British English, and his time difference shows that he mainly lives in the United States. In addition, he has a Japanese name, so he is an Englishman living in the United States with a Japanese cloak. But these features may also be the blindfold used by Satoshi Nakamoto.
Finally, you may wonder, with such a great achievement,with great wealth, why did Satoshi Nakamoto hide himself?
One of the guesses is that Satoshi Nakamoto may be very persistent in the concept of decentralization. He thinks that the Bitcoin system will be safe and decentralized only if he disappears.
Just imagine, if Satoshi Nakamoto is still there, the Bitcoin Foundation must still be led by him. If the government arrests Satoshi Nakamoto, it will bring a devastating blow to the Bitcoin community.
Regardless of whether Satoshi Nakamoto is "he", "they", or "it", Satoshi Nakamoto has changed the world,Everyone who has contributed or is contributing to Bitcoin is actually Satoshi Nakamoto!
