Venture capital partner Adam Cochran tweeted that he believed that Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto may be composed of 1 or 2 people including Hal Finney. After Satoshi quit, Hal rejoined Bitcoin development and other evidence, indicating that the cooperation behind Bitcoin involves the cooperation of multiple people.
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I've always thought that Hal Finney was the main person behind Satoshi Nakamoto (Supported by 1 or 2 other minor characters)
And I think the new emails help back that up overwhelmingly: pic.twitter.com/hWD3wcos8d
— Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) February 23, 2024
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As the lawsuit between Craig Wright and the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) intensifies, Satoshi Nakamoto’s earliest collaborator Martti Malmi disclosed the long-term relationship between the two through GitHub yesterday. The 120 pages of email content all add more mystery to the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
My email correspondence with Satoshi in 2009-2011: https://t.co/jyoX8gXckp
— Martti Malmi (@marttimalmi) February 23, 2024
In this regard, Adam Cochran also cited a lot of information and evidence, claiming that Hal Finney, an early contributor to Bitcoin, was the main figure behind Satoshi Nakamoto:
I have always considered Hal Finney to be the main figure behind Satoshi Nakamoto, along with 1 or 2 other minor characters.
Evidence 1: Changes in work and health status
First, the email pointed out that Satoshi Nakamoto had another job in July 2009, which happened to be when Hal was working at PGP ; and Hal was subsequently diagnosed with ALS in August. At this time, Satoshi Nakamoto It means that he will become very busy and disappear for a while.
From March to May 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared for several months again, citing busy business; this was when PGP was acquired by Symantec and Hal's health gradually deteriorated.
Evidence 2: The fading out of the role of Satoshi Nakamoto and the replacement of Hal Finney
Then, Satoshi Nakamoto gradually faded out of the Bitcoin community from 2010 to 2021, while Hal rejoined the Bitcoin community "Bitcointalk" at that time and spoke actively, and later released a plan to accelerate the signing of the Bitcoin network. New proposal.
It is reported that Satoshi Nakamoto sent an email to all major contributors in December of that year, requesting that they be listed on the website; however, his name was not included in it, indicating that Satoshi Nakamoto was about to exit, and there was no Mentioned publicly.
During the period when Satoshi Nakamoto decided to fade away (2010-2011), there were many current long-term Bitcoin holder wallets created that they never made a withdrawal from.
Finally, in February and April 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto sent an email with the website administrator's password and another private email to Martti Malmi and Andresen, respectively, with the latter stating that he had " The focus shifts to other things."
At the same time, Hal was turning his attention to the signing and verification of Bitcoin.
Evidence 3: Hal Finney’s autobiography
In March 2013, Hal published an article called "Bitcoin and Me", the content of which was closely related to the time of Satoshi Nakamoto's behavior.
Physical weakness coincides with the time of Satoshi Nakamoto’s disappearance
Hal claimed that he was diagnosed with ALS in 2009 and that his physical condition deteriorated before and after the diagnosis, which was the same time that Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared in 2009 and 2010.
Forced to retire from "a certain status"?
Hal also mentioned that he was "forced to retire" in early 2011, which was when Satoshi Nakamoto handed over control of the Bitcoin community to others.
However, Hal left the company when the PGP company he worked for was acquired as early as 2010, and he did not serve any unit in 2011:
Hal Finney was still writing programs at this time, and was still developing projects such as BFlick as late as 2013. He also mentioned that even if it slows down, writing programs still gives him purpose in life. So what did he "retire" in 2011?
In other words, Hal may retire neither from a company nor from his own job, but from an " identity role ."
In addition, Hal also revealed that he transferred most of his Bitcoins to offline wallets in 2010 as a legacy for his family and descendants; this is consistent with the time when a large number of offline wallets were created that year, as mentioned earlier, indicating that he seems to be re- After joining Bitcoin development, safeguards were put in place.
Evidence 4: Changes in email wording style
Finally, there appears to be a shift in the language and spelling used by Satoshi Nakamoto in the Bitcoin white paper and early emails.
It is reported that the abstract part of Bitcoin uses the words "we present", indicating that Bitcoin is the result of teamwork:
Although some believe that some parts of Bitcoin's design were not in Hal Finney's style and spanned multiple disciplines, Satoshi frequently sought support and collaboration in emails with other contributors.
In addition, some early emails had British spellings or words such as "commonwealth", but after Hal's return, the spelling of Satoshi began to change, such as from "realize" in 2009 to "realize" in 2010 "realize".
This change in spelling may represent two situations, one is that Nakamoto is trying to disguise his writing style, and the other is that the Bitcoin project itself is collaborating with others.
Zhu Su: Stop searching for Satoshi Nakamoto
Due to incidents such as the Satoshi Omoto case and the disclosure of email contents in 2009, Zhu Su, the founder of Three Arrows Capital, said that human flesh searches for Satoshi Nakamoto should be avoided and suggested that relevant information be sealed for at least 30 years. public.
I think the doxxing of satoshi should be avoided
If you have info i encourage you to time capsule it thirty years
Kind regards
— Zhu Su🐂 (@zhusu) February 24, 2024
Previously, an article by on-chain researcher Jameson Lopp took an opposing stance, saying that Hal Finney could not be Satoshi Nakamoto himself.
