WILL the real Satoshi please stand up? The mysterious founder of cryptocurrency bitcoin unmasked himself on Monday 鈥� if you believe the media reports.
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright came forward offering cryptographic proof to being the 鈥淪atoshi Nakamoto鈥� who founded bitcoin. To prove he is Nakamoto, all Wright has to do is sign a unique message with digital keys linked to the creation of bitcoin. But the signature he put forward was , with people showing that it was copied from an old bitcoin transaction. The string that Wright used is available to anyone with an internet connection.
Two big names in the bitcoin world, Jon Matonis and Gavin Andresen, are convinced Wright is Nakamoto, however, and say they saw him sign a message with the real key in private. But so far Wright hasn鈥檛 carried out this signing in public. As New 杏吧原创 went to press, Wright was expected to provide further evidence of his claim.
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