Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has always been a mysterious character and a great number of sleuths have made it their mission to discover the inventorâs identity. One particular theory was published this month which attempts to tether the well known and now deceased, Len Sassaman to the creation of the first cryptocurrency. Moreover, coincidently two months before Sassaman passed away, Satoshi Nakamoto left the community saying; âIâve moved on to other things and probably wonât be around in the future.â
Len Sassaman, Anonymous Remailers, and Bitcoinâs Creator
During the last decade, many detectives and journalists have tried to uncover the secret behind Satoshi Nakamotoâs identity. News.Bitcoin.com has published a total of 11 articles tied to our âMany Factsâ Satoshi series The last three âMany Factsâ Satoshi series suspects were Chainlinkâs Sergey Nazarov, the famed American economist and mathematician John Nash, and the 48-year old former programmer and criminal cartel boss, Paul Le Roux. On February 21, 2021, a writer named Leung published a comprehensive study that looks at the possibility of Len Sassaman being Satoshi.
Len Sassaman (1980â2011) was one of the original cypherpunks and an advocate for privacy during his life. His wife told the public that he committed suicide on July 3, 2011, and that year, Black Hat Briefings disclosed that a tribute to Sassaman was embedded into the BTC blockchain. The author Leung, who recently published evidence that may tie Satoshi and Sassaman together, explains how the obituary is attached to the BTC network.
âEmbedded on every single node of the Bitcoin network is an obituary,â Leung wrote. âHacked into the transaction data, itâs a memorial to Len Sassaman, a man essentially immortalized in the blockchain itself. A fitting tribute in more ways than one.â
Leungâs first piece of circumstantial evidence is the fact that Satoshi Nakamoto quit the Bitcoin project, and left the community two months before Sassaman passed away. Leung also said that he was hesitant to speculate on Satoshiâs identity, but Craig Wrightâs claims made him believe the identity subject is important.
âWith Craig Wright fraudulently claiming credit and invoking a copyright claim to take down the Bitcoin whitepaper,â Leung wrote. âItâs important we revisit the topic and recenter the discussion around the cypherpunks who actually built Bitcoin.â