List Of Self Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventors

It has been almost a decade since the advent of Bitcoin, a technology developed by an infamous and anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.

Since the bitcoin inception, many people have been hunting for the bitcoin creator and Satoshi sightings have increased a great deal since 2016.

Numerous so-called Satoshi sightings have been found by far, and a couple of individuals who claimed to be the mysterious creator themselves.

You May Also Read: How is Ethereum Different Than Bitcoin?

Satoshi’s Tell-All Book

Bitcoiners found out that Satoshi Nakamoto was purportedly writing an autobiography.

Back in June 2018, Bloomberg columnist Matthew Leising led a few gullible people to believe that Satoshi was writing his memoirs to publish a tell-all.

A website called Nakamotofamilyfoundation.org, which has since been deleted, was a 21-page PDF of the first chapter.

However, the website creators also added a cryptogram puzzle so interested readers could find some more ‘clues’ after solving.

The Nakamotofamilyfoundation.org website explained –

“Announcing the first excerpt to a literary work consisting of two parts and the excerpt is provided — I wanted to include it as a brief glimpse of history — Even for those that can’t read the full book, I wanted to make this available to everyone.”

You May Also Read: How Many Bitcoins Does Satoshi Have?

Gavin Andresen was Satoshi, Stylometric Research

A study was conducted by the nonprofit organization Zy Crypto involving Stylometry.

Stylometry is a scientific method which studies the linguistic style of typed text as well as handwriting for finding similarities in prior writings.

As indicated by Zy Crypto’s research, the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is likely the popular Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen.

However, after Zy Crypto’s study was published Andresen took it on Twitter and told his followers that he had lost a lot of faith in the science of stylometry, stating –

“My opinion of the accuracy of Stylometry has dropped significantly after reading this.”

You May Also Read: Bitcoin History

Bitcoin Cash Trademark Owner

Another Satoshi sighting took place in June 2018, when it was found that a resident from Hawaii had filed trademark requests for the name Bitcoin Cash and was squatting on various BCH as well as Satoshi-based web domains.

Two trademark filings for the phrase “Bitcoin Cash” were registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2018, and the owner of the trademarks also claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto.

Satoshinakamoto.ws website explained –

“I am the real one and only Satoshi Nakamoto — I own all the private keys, blockchains, altcoins and bitcoins under copyright law. In the event of my death, incapacitation, coma, kidnapping, detainment and or incarceration all of my copyrighted works and all related works shall no longer be used by anyone anywhere for any reason at any time subject to change without any notice at any time by Ronald Keala Kua Maria only.”

You May Also Read: Can Blockchain Technology Make Agriculture Safer?

A Man Called Scronty

Phil Wilson, otherwise known as Scronty, alleged to be part of the Satoshi Nakamoto group theory with David Kleiman and Craig Wright.

Scronty did so many interviews with news publications this year. The huge issue with Scronty’s story is that he has absolutely no proof that can tell that he is legitimately the creator of Bitcoin.

Here are a Few Articles for you to Read Next:

Kapil Gauhar

Kapil Gauhar is the founder of Blogger’s Gyan. He is a Passionate Blogger, a Big Thinker and a Creative Writer. His passion for doing friendship with words and letting people know about the wonders of the Digital World is what motivates him to take writing as a career.