Seán Murray, the president and editor-in-chief of the financial news website deBanked, has presented a series of evidence attempting to prove that Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), could be Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin. However, some of his arguments have been met with skepticism from the crypto community.
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Birthdays, Timestamps, and Brute Force Addresses
Claims that Satoshi Nakamoto Revealed His Location
The Disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto and Its Connection to WikiLeaks Investigations
Criticism from the Community
Birthdays, Timestamps, and Brute Force Addresses
Jack Dorsey denied being Satoshi Nakamoto during an interview with computer scientist and podcast host Lex Fridman in April 2020, stating, “No. If I were, would I tell you?”
However, Murray believes that Dorsey “could possibly” be Satoshi, pointing out that Dorsey has exhibited cypherpunk tendencies at least since 1996 when he studied computer science in college, such as wearing a T-shirt from Hashcash inventor Adam Back, and later writing a manifesto in 2001 that mentioned leaving a mark on the world without a trace.
One of the most notable observations is that the first known Bitcoin transaction allegedly occurred on Dorsey’s mother’s birthday (January 11), while the last Bitcoin block mined by Satoshi happened on Dorsey’s father’s birthday (March 5, 2010).
However, BitMEX Research, the research department of the BitMEX exchange, expressed skepticism about this, noting that as the Patoshi pattern diminished over time, it became difficult to ascertain when Satoshi mined blocks.
Murray also claimed that Satoshi registered on the Bitcoin forum on Dorsey’s birthday (November 19) and noted that the timestamps on the original Bitcoin source code files all indicate 4:00 AM (though the time zone remains unclear), a time that allegedly appeared in Dorsey’s Twitter profile.
Additionally, Murray believes that Satoshi may have created Bitcoin addresses using “brute force,” with one address starting with “jD2m,” which he claims represents “Jack Dorsey 2 Mint,” referring to Dorsey’s former residence at 2 Mint Plaza in San Francisco.
Claims that Satoshi Nakamoto Revealed His Location
Murray also mentioned that Satoshi’s “GMX” email was hacked on September 8, 2014, with hackers attempting to extort Satoshi by revealing his connection to St. Louis, Missouri, where Dorsey is from.
Furthermore, Murray claimed that Satoshi “accidentally” logged into Internet Relay Chat on January 10, 2009, revealing a real IP address located in California, which aligns with the location of Twitter’s headquarters and where Dorsey had long resided.
The Disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto and Its Connection to WikiLeaks Investigations
On December 5, 2010, Satoshi posted on the Bitcoin forum urging people not to donate Bitcoin to WikiLeaks. Murray pointed out that Twitter received a “secret court order” just nine days later (December 14), demanding the handover of all information related to WikiLeaks. At that time, Dorsey, although not the CEO of Twitter, was still on the board.
Murray also asserted that Satoshi’s last login to the Bitcoin forum was on December 13, 2010, precisely the day before Twitter was ordered by the court to surrender information regarding WikiLeaks.
Criticism from the Community
Murray has been compiling evidence regarding Dorsey being Satoshi since February of last year and has published it on his website, while Dorsey has yet to respond to his claims.
Like other assertions regarding Satoshi’s identity, Murray’s statements have been met with skepticism from many. Some X users pointed out that it is hard to believe that Satoshi, as the creator of a censorship-resistant currency, would later choose to engage in message censorship, as Dorsey did with Twitter after government intervention in the United States. Others expressed doubts about whether Satoshi would wear clothing emblazoned with the word “Satoshi” in public, let alone at a major event like the Super Bowl (which Dorsey did in 2024).
In October of last year, the HBO documentary “Money Electric: The Mystery of Bitcoin” identified Canadian software developer Peter Todd as Satoshi, but Todd has denied this. Other commonly suspected candidates include technologist Nick Szabo, the late cryptographer Hal Finney, and Blockstream founder Adam Back—each of whom has denied being Satoshi.
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