Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney couldn't be Satoshi Nakamoto, new analysis suggests

The investigator, Jameson Lopp, compiled archived emails from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009, and other evidence to make the argument.

#xrp Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney was competing in a 10-mile race at the exact time Satoshi Nakamoto was responding to emails and transacting on Bitcoin, newly surfaced evidence has revealed.

For years, it has been commonly speculated 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’s software and was the first recipient of Bitcoin. Finney, however, denied the theory until his passing in 2014.

Jameson Lopp, a self-proclaimed cypherpunk and co-founder of Bitcoin custody fi Casa, doesn’t believe the speculation either. In an Oct. 21 blog post, Lopp shared new evidence that casts further doubt on the theory.