Since the birth of Bitcoin, the identity of its creator – Satoshi Nakamoto, has remained a conspiracy theory, and is considered one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. While many people envision a lone genius behind the birth of Bitcoin, there are theories that this anonymous architect is actually a collective.
As you delve into the 14th installment of the “Many Facts” series about Satoshi, you will find evidence that suggests the possibility that Bitcoin's creator may actually have been a group rather than an individual.
In recent years, Bitcoin.com has released articles about Satoshi titled “Many Facts”. These documents presented a series of evidence, suggesting the identity of Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, may include individuals including Paul Le Roux, Sergey Nazarov, Dorian Nakamoto, Hal Finney, and many others.
Furthermore, the document also shares a hypothesis that predicts that the inventor of Bitcoin may never appear again. Although the majority of these articles highlight individual figures, compelling evidence exists to suggest that Satoshi Nakamoto may not have been an individual but a collective.
Early evidence is the use of “we” in the Bitcoin white paper. Notably, Nakamoto uses both “we” and “I,” implying the possibility of a group operating under a single pseudonym. Other evidence from the white paper includes the text's proficient use of English.
Bitcoin White Paper written by Satoshi Nakamoto.
The text is almost error-free, the language used is precise, the structure is coherent, and complex technical terms are used. What is interesting, however, is that Nakamoto's writing style is distinctly different in the Bitcoin white paper and forum posts.
A 2018 discussion of Satoshi's Bitcointalk forum posts pointed to differences between different writing styles, further supporting the theory of multiple individuals behind one pseudonym.
One unifying feature, however, is the consistency in all of Nakamoto's written communications – double spacing is used after each sentence, a convention meticulously followed in his forum posts. forums and emails, as well as white papers. Some have suggested that traces of Nakamoto's activity on messages, such as emails, could point to multiple individuals behind the pseudonyms.
For example, there is a theory that Nakamoto's writing originated in England, while others claim that California was the famous inventor's hometown. A review titled “The Time Zones of Satoshi Nakamoto” highlighting analysis of Nakamoto's hourly activity was published in 2011.
People wonder how one person could become an expert in all the academic fields pictured above, since Satoshi's invention was based on all of them.
Another sign is the proficiency demonstrated in countless fields: computer science; math; English (demonstrated in the white paper), game theory, and successfully concealing the identity of Bitcoin's creator for over a decade.
How can one individual possess such a diverse set of skills? Although details suggest that Nakamoto may have been a team, there is no evidence to confirm this. Similar to all other entries in the “Many Facts” series about Satoshi, there is no clear indication of the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
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