Let "Satoshi Nakamoto" disappear into history!

It’s only been 48 hours since the beginning, but this story is about to get better.

As expected, a new plot appeared today, and it is extremely reversal. "Satoshi Nakamoto" made a statement in the mailing list for discussion on Bitcoin development: (The original text is here, without a signature, not necessarily Satoshi Nakamoto, and most comments believe it is a prank)

“I am not Craig Wright. We are all Satoshi.”

The email address '[email protected]' associated with the account that released the statement was exactly the one used by Satoshi Nakamoto to publish the white paper when Bitcoin was first created in 2009.

This reminds me of the Japanese-American who was confirmed by an American reporter to be the real Satoshi Nakamoto. The final ending of the story was that Satoshi Nakamoto himself came out to deny it. But it is obvious that this incident will not end with Satoshi Nakamoto's denial, because there are too many questions in the process of Wright being suspected of being Satoshi Nakamoto.

So, we can conclude that Wright is a liar?

In the Wired report, authors Greenberg and Gwern Branwen clearly stated:

“The most likely scenarios are two: Either Wright invented Bitcoin, or he is a very sophisticated prankster who has successfully made us suspect he is Satoshi Nakamoto.”

Now that the real “Satoshi Nakamoto” says Wright is not him, can we directly conclude that he is a liar? Not necessarily. We can get a glimpse of the whole situation from the statement of “Satoshi Nakamoto”.

Getting closer to the truth, maybe Satoshi Nakamoto is a group of people

The full name of the Japanese-American who was identified as "Satoshi Nakamoto" is "Dorian Prentiss Nakamoto". At that time, "Satoshi Nakamoto" made a similar statement, which read "Dorian is not me." In contrast, this statement obviously added a sentence "We are all Satoshi Nakamoto." If you think about it carefully, the content of this sentence is extraordinary.

Even if there is a lot of evidence to prove that Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the source of the trust fund containing 1.1 million bitcoins of Wright and his friends cannot be easily explained. And the word "we" seems to have hinted that "Satoshi Nakamoto" is not just one person.

Of course, it is very difficult for one person to keep a secret. If "Satoshi Nakamoto" is a group, the biggest and most critical problem is how to hide such a big secret for 7 years. What's more interesting is that Wright turned on the invisible state after being exposed, and even the Australian tax office did not find any trace of him (of course, it is also possible that he has been arrested)

Do we really need a "Satoshi Nakamoto"?

Putting aside the decentralization of Bitcoin, what does the existence of "Satoshi Nakamoto" mean to Bitcoin? In a report by TechCrunch, they even used Linux as an analogy: "Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux, was not the first person to use open source code, but this market needs an origin story. The key is that this technology allows you to use your own computer as a server instead of spending a lot of money to rent a professional server."

Emin Gün Sirer, a professor at Cornell University, said:

“What matters most is what Satoshi brought to the table. Our banking infrastructure is very old and has remained largely unchanged since the Y2K bug. There is very little transparency and auditability in the financial system.

Retail banking has made precious little progress from 1959 to the last few years. To this day, banks still manage our money in a poor way. Of course, I would not say that virtual currencies like Bitcoin are the ultimate solution, or even compare to what is possible now.

Bitcoin cannot be expanded globally, even considering some of its recent planned improvements, and it still faces great challenges in terms of security. But 'Satoshi Nakamoto' and some of his predecessors have brought some new technical ideas that can be applied in our global society.

Responsible media should stop chasing after the person "Satoshi Nakamoto" and pay more attention to technology and its impact. This is what we actually need to do. "

Don’t look for it anymore, just let “Satoshi Nakamoto” disappear into history!

In the countless attempts over the past seven years, each search for the true identity of "Satoshi Nakamoto" has only led to more questions and uncertainties. Yes, this question will be answered one day, and perhaps by then it will no longer be important. But one thing will not change:

Bitcoin is still a "tool" that can be used by everyone, it does not belong to any one person.