The risk of Edward Snowden, the previous National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower, being Satoshi Nakamoto, the Bitcoin creator, was just lately raised. Snowden responded and warned about what ought to occur if he ever claims to be the Bitcoin founder.
Snowden’s Response About Him Being Bitcoin Creator
Snowden didn’t categorically affirm or deny whether or not he was Satoshi whereas responding to this hypothesis about him being the Bitcoin founder. However, he said that if he ever claims to be Satoshi, everybody ought to “look hard” at his posts to determine whether or not he’s “just trolling or if age has finally robbed” him of his colleges.
He additional said that whether it is neither of these, then he’s undoubtedly utilizing his declare about being Satoshi as a duress code. Although he didn’t outrightly deny it, Snowden’s assertion suggests that he’s probably not the Bitcoin founder. An X (previously Twitter) consumer had raised the potential for that being the case after Snowden put out an X post about Bitcoin.
In the publish, Snowden praised Bitcoin because the “most significant monetary advance since the creation of coinage.” The former NSA contractor additionally seems to be to be very a lot invested within the flagship crypto token. He revealed in the course of the Super Bowl how he was busy watching the BTC chart whereas others had been targeted on the footballing occasion.
The whistleblower has additionally been fairly outspoken about BTC up to now, commenting when the Spot Bitcoin ETFs had been authorized and even as soon as drawing a similarity between Gold and the crypto token.
Meanwhile, Snowden occurs to be a pc scientist. As such, it isn’t stunning why one would possibly speculate that Snowden has ties to BTC’s creation or is even Satoshi. Interestingly, though he may not have created BTC, Snowden was actively involved within the creation of the privateness coin Zcash.
The ‘Real’ Satoshi Currently Standing Trial
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright is at present embroiled in a authorized battle with the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) to show his assertions that he’s certainly Satoshi. The courtroom listening to, which started on January 15, has already seen numerous back-and-forth arguments from each events.
On February 19, Stefan Matthews, the co-founder of nChain (the place Wright labored), took the stand and testified in favour of Wright, claiming that he didn’t assume that the pc scientist was mendacity about being Satoshi. Matthews’ assertion was essential as a result of he had beforehand made a damning assertion which raised questions of whether or not Wright was mendacity.
Wright has, for the longest time, claimed that he’s the “Creator of Bitcoin.” Interestingly, he as soon as called Snowden a “traitorous scum” when the previous NSA contractor, throughout last year’s Bitcoin whitepaper anniversary, highlighted how Satoshi has managed to stay nameless. Wright additionally corrected Snowden by stating that he “was never anonymous.”
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