The question of who created Bitcoin has been a mystery since the iconic white paper, Bitcoin: A P2P Electronic Cash System, was published under the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" in XNUMX. Absolutely no one has ever presented lawful evidence. they were and until the moment that happens the mystery persists.
However, one thing is certain: Satoshi is not Linus Torvalds, the author of Linux, who caused an entertaining discussion by inserting a line in the Linux source code: "NAME = I am Satoshi."
But despite the story quickly sweeping across social media and crypto weblogs, Torvalds was quick to pour cold water on the joke.
Has Linus Torvalds (inventor of Linux and Git) just announced himself as Satoshi Nakamoto, the author of #Bitcoin? pic.twitter.com/zih69vDJJiJanuary 27, 2022
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"I'm afraid this is just a party boy taking advantage of the way GitHub works: it shares git objects between different repositories, so you can use the SHA1 'name' of an object to specify something it's done in your tree, so use my repository as the name of the web page and create your object in my tree," he told ZDNet.
After further explanation, Torvalds stated that "unfortunately I don't have a huge reserve of original bitcoins."
Satoshi retired from active participation in the Bitcoin community in XNUMX and absolutely no one has heard from them since. It is not clear if they still have Bitcoin, although it is to be expected that they do, given how ornate the journey has been, especially of late.
Many have tried, none have succeeded
Over the years, quite a few people have either claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto or mistakenly discovered themselves to be Satoshi Nakamoto.
Newsweek published a renowned article in XNUMX claiming to have identified Satoshi as a Japanese man living in California with the exact same name. The subject then denied the story through his lawyer and it is widely believed that he was not, in fact, the author of the original cryptocurrency.
Over the years, Australian Craig Wright has also repeatedly claimed to be Satoshi without providing conclusive evidence, including showing that he was able to oversee the original parts. Many in the crypto community are very skeptical of his claims.