Se á n Murray, the president and editor in chief of the financial news website deBanked, has presented a series of evidence attempting to prove that Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), may be the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. However, some of his arguments have been questioned by the cryptocurrency community.

Birthday, timestamp, and brute force cracking address

Jack Dorsey In an interview with computer scientist and podcast host Lex Fridman in April 2020, he denied being Satoshi Nakamoto and said, "No. If I were, would I tell you

However, Murray It is believed that Dorsey "may" be Satoshi Nakamoto, and it is pointed out that Dorsey has shown a tendency towards Cypherpunk since at least 1996 when studying computer science in university, such as wearing an RSA T-shirt by Hashcash inventor Adam Back. Later, in 2001, he wrote a declaration to leave a mark on the world without leaving a trace.

One of the most noteworthy observations is that the first Bitcoin transaction reportedly occurred on Dorsey's mother's birthday (January 11), while the last Bitcoin memory block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto occurred on Dorsey's father's birthday (March 5, 2010).

However, BitMEX The exchange research department BitMEX Research questioned this, pointing out that as the Patoshi pattern gradually decays over time, it is difficult to know when Satoshi Nakamoto mined the memory block.

Murray It is also claimed that Satoshi Nakamoto registered for the Bitcoin forum on Dorsey's birthday (November 19th), and pointed out that the original Bitcoin source code files all showed timestamps of 4am (although the time zone is unclear), which reportedly appeared in Dorsey's Twitter profile.

In addition, Murray believes that Satoshi Nakamoto used "brute force cracking" to create Bitcoin addresses, with one address starting with "jD2m," which he claims represents "Jack Dorsey 2 Mint," referring to Dorsey's previous residence at 2 Mint Plaza in San Francisco.

Claiming that Satoshi Nakamoto once leaked his location

Murray also mentioned that Satoshi Nakamoto's "GMX" email was hacked on September 8, 2014, and the hacker attempted to extort Nakamoto by sharing his knowledge of Nakamoto's relationship with St. Louis, Missouri, where Dorsey is from.

In addition, Murray It is claimed that Satoshi Nakamoto "accidentally" logged into Internet Relay Chat on January 10, 2009, and displayed a real IP address located in California, which matches the location of Twitter headquarters and Dorsey's long-term residence.

The disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto and its connection to the WikiLeaks investigation

On December 5, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted on the Bitcoin forum urging people not to donate Bitcoin to WikiLeaks, Murray It was pointed out that Twitter received a "secret court order" 9 days later (December 14th) requiring it to hand over all information related to WikiLeaks. At that time, although Dorsey was not the CEO of Twitter, he was still on the board of directors.

Murray It is also claimed that the last time Satoshi Nakamoto logged into the Bitcoin forum was on December 13, 2010, which happened to be the day before Twitter was required by the court to hand over WikiLeaks information.

Critici** from the community

Murray Since February last year, he has been compiling evidence about Dorsey being Satoshi Nakamoto and publishing it on his website, but Dorsey has not yet responded to his argument.

Like other arguments about Satoshi Nakamoto's identity, Murray's statement has also been questioned by many people. Some X users pointed out that it is difficult to believe that Satoshi Nakamoto, as a creator of anti censorship currency, would later choose to conduct information censorship, just as Dorsey's Twitter did after the US government intervention. Some people also express doubts about whether Satoshi Nakamoto would wear clothes with the words "Satoshi" printed on them in public, let alone in major events such as the Super Cup (Dorsey did so in 2024).

Last October, the HBO documentary "Money Electric: The Mystery of Bitcoin" identified Canadian software developer Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto, but Todd has denied it. In addition to Peter Todd, commonly suspected candidates include technology expert Nick Szabo, late cryptographer Hal Finney, and Adam Back, founder of memory blockchain technology company Blockstream - all of whom have denied being Satoshi Nakamoto.

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