Blockstream CEO Adam Back has rejected a new documentary’s claim that the creator of Bitcoin (BTC), Satoshi Nakamoto, was two of its later cryptographers, Hal Finney and Len Sassaman.
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“Searching for Satoshi” is a new documentary released on April 22. It follows a four-year investigation by New York Times bestselling author William D. Cohan and private investigator Tyler Maroney of Quest Research and Investigations.
“Finding Satoshi presents the conclusion reached after a four-year evidence-based investigation, drawing on original reporting and rare access to key figures in the cryptocurrency space to uncover the human ideas, motivations and philosophy behind the code that has reshaped global finance.” a description He reads.
Documentary too Features interviews with Michael Saylor, Fred Ehrsam, Joseph Lubin, Gary Gensler, and more. The film suggests that Finney wrote the Bitcoin code. Meanwhile, Sassman dealt with a nine-page Bitcoin whitepaper.
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Finney died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in August 2014. Sussman died by suicide in July 2011, months after Satoshi’s last public engagement.
Typography researcher Florian Cafiero suggested that Back was closest to Satoshi’s white paper. But Cafiero stopped short of making a final judgement, describing the result as inconclusive and noting that Finney almost tied for first place.
In me, For his part, he denied it He – she. In 2014 interview With Forbes, he dismissed the theory that he is the mysterious founder of Bitcoin.
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Recent claims of finding Satoshi have drawn some scrutiny. Buck outlined several reasons for rejecting the theory.
It was before Marked as a Satoshi was nominated in a recent New York Times investigation by journalist John Carreiro, an allegation he denied. Buck argued that the theory is self-contradictory.
“Because Len Sasman lived in Belgium and worked on his PhD from 2004 until his death on July 3, 2011, and they also say that Hal was the programmer, and Len the writer, so it is contradictory,” he wrote.
According to Al Awda, Fran Finney’s comments have been over-interpreted. He said that Hull helped Satoshi as an early user and bug reporter, not a co-author.
He added that New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper, author of “Digital Gold,” had previously met with Finney and reviewed his emails and wallet.
“It is also a strange theory that Lin and/or Hal were Satoshi but left their families without Bitcoin, in Hal’s case after incurring a lot of medical bills, and/or creating a risk for them if people mistakenly thought they had a million Bitcoin, which they asserted they did not,” He said.
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Satoshi’s silence is no longer just a mystery; It may be a security crisis
Now, if Finney and Sasman were indeed behind the creation of Bitcoin, their deaths carry consequences far beyond historical curiosities. Satoshi’s stash of 1 million bitcoins, untouched for more than a decade, sits in wallets with no known heir.
this Makes premier coins The target is in the emerging debate about quantum computing threats to blockchain security. The concern is straightforward: In theory, sufficiently advanced quantum machines could crack the encryption keys that protect dormant wallets. Satoshi’s fortune would therefore be among the most attractive targets imaginable.
It was the Bitcoin community They are divided on how to respond. Some voices called for freezing currencies. Others have backed down. They argue that this would set a dangerous precedent and undermine Bitcoin’s principles.
For now, the coins remain unchanged. But as quantum computing approaches feasibility,… The debate will only get louder.
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