Hal Finney can't believe the viral appearance of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto on "X (Twitter)"

The investigator, Jameson Lopp, gathered email archives from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009, and other evidence to support the argument.

Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney competed in a 10-mile race at the exact time Satoshi Nakamoto was responding to emails and transacting in Bitcoin, new evidence has revealed.

For years, there has been much speculation that the late Hal Finney, a computer scientist, was the creator of Bitcoin. He was the first person besides Satoshi to download and run Bitcoin software and was the first Bitcoin recipient . Finney, however, denied the theory until he died in 2014.

Jameson Lopp, a self-proclaimed cypherpunk and co-founder of Bitcoin custody Casa, also doesn't believe the speculation. In his October 21 blog post, Lopp shared new evidence that casts further doubt on the theory.

Race to send emails

Lopp's main evidence revolves around a 10-mile race in Santa Barbara, California on Saturday, April 18, 2009.

According to race data, Finney competed in the “Santa Barbara Running Company Chardonnay 10 Miler & 5K,” starting at 8 a.m. Pacific time and finishing the race in 78 minutes.

However, the race coincided with a time-stamped email between Satoshi and one of the first Bitcoin developers, Mike Hearn.