The president and editor-in-chief of the financial news website deBanked, Seán Murray, has presented a series of evidence attempting to prove that Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block) founder Jack Dorsey may be the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. However, some of his arguments have been questioned by the crypto community.
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**Birthdays, Timestamps, and Brute-Force Addresses**
**Claims that Satoshi Nakamoto Leaked His Location**
**Satoshi’s Disappearance and Its Connection to WikiLeaks Investigation**
**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 Dorsey “could” be Satoshi and points out that Dorsey exhibited a penchant for cypherpunk culture at least since 1996 when he studied computer science at university, such as wearing an RSA T-shirt of Hashcash inventor Adam Back, and later writing a manifesto in 2001 mentioning a desire to leave a mark on the world without a trace.
One of the most notable observations is that the first Bitcoin transaction reportedly occurred on Dorsey’s mother’s birthday (January 11), while the last Bitcoin block mined by Satoshi occurred on Dorsey’s father’s birthday (March 5, 2010).
However, BitMEX Research has questioned this assertion, noting that as the Patoshi pattern has gradually faded over time, it is difficult to determine when Satoshi mined blocks.
Murray also claims that Satoshi registered on the Bitcoin forum on Dorsey’s birthday (November 19) and points out that the timestamps of the original Bitcoin source code files all show 4 a.m. (though the time zone is unclear), a time that reportedly appeared in Dorsey’s Twitter profile.
Additionally, Murray believes Satoshi created Bitcoin addresses using “brute force,” one of which starts 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 Leaked His Location**
Murray also mentioned that Satoshi’s “GMX” email was hacked on September 8, 2014, with the hacker attempting to extort Satoshi by revealing his connection to St. Louis, Missouri, where Dorsey is from.
Furthermore, Murray claims Satoshi “accidentally” logged into Internet Relay Chat on January 10, 2009, revealing a real IP address located in California, which coincides with Twitter’s headquarters and Dorsey’s long-term residence.
**Satoshi’s Disappearance and Its Connection to WikiLeaks Investigation**
On December 5, 2010, Satoshi posted on the Bitcoin forum urging people not to donate Bitcoin to WikiLeaks. Murray points out that Twitter received a “secret court order” nine days later (December 14) requiring it to hand over all information related to WikiLeaks. At that time, Dorsey was still on the board, although he was not the CEO of Twitter.
Murray also claims that Satoshi’s last login to the Bitcoin forum occurred on December 13, 2010, just before Twitter was ordered by the court to hand over information regarding WikiLeaks.
**Criticism from the Community**
Murray has been compiling evidence regarding Dorsey as Satoshi since February of last year and has published it on his website, while Dorsey has yet to respond to his claims.
Like other theories concerning Satoshi’s identity, Murray’s assertions have faced skepticism from many. Some X users pointed out that it is hard to believe that Satoshi, as the creator of an anti-censorship currency, would later choose to engage in message censorship, as Dorsey’s Twitter did after government intervention in the U.S. Others have expressed doubt about whether Satoshi would wear clothing with “Satoshi” emblazoned on it in public, let alone at a large 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 frequently suspected candidates include technologist Nick Szabo, the late cryptographer Hal Finney, and Adam Back, the founder of blockchain technology company Blockstream—all of whom have denied being Satoshi.
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