This Man Claims to Be Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Should We Believe Him?

Sixteen years ago today, the On Wednesday, a press release was blasted to journalists, claiming that “a live demonstration” would be conducted to “conclusively” prove that the real Satoshi has been identified. The event was held at the Stephen Mollah took the stage claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, Joe Tidy of A man called Stephen Mollah has taken to the stage. He claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto – the mystery inventor of Bitcoin. He’s claimed this before and is currently in legal dispute about it. He will now provide evidence, he says. pic.twitter.com/XkapPT7y3c— Joe Tidy (@joetidy) October 31, 2024As the event dragged on for an hour, those in attendance reportedly Charles Anderson, the organizer of the event and “PR manager for Satoshi Nakamoto” according to his One way that Mollah could prove that he is Satoshi is by moving Bitcoin from the Genesis block. Mollah claimed that he will do that at a later date during a “proper, official press conference.”“Genesis block Bitcoin cannot be moved as simply as you think,” Mollah Questioned by the BBC pic.twitter.com/1rBQhAPHc3— BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) October 31, 2024At the event, Mollah also claimed to have created the Mollah’s However, he is not listed on the centralized exchange’s We are wasting our time at this ridiculous event also pic.twitter.com/nDJk7izEBV— BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) October 31, 2024“I am an innovator in the financial technology. I am known by my Japanese pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. I am the inventor of Bitcoin and blockchain technology,” Mollah’s LinkedIn says. “I am not a Japanese man. I am a British-Asian macroeconomist.”On Twitter, Mollah has also been sounding this siren from as early as 2014, How many Faketoshi are out there in the Bitcoin Space ? pic.twitter.com/zHChdetIv5— Satoshi Nakamoto (@Bitcoin_Bitmark) July 18, 2018The search for Satoshi has raged on for as long as Bitcoin has been in circulation. Recently, an Mollah said that he aimed to put an end to the ongoing speculation Thursday.“Today, I just wanted to say that it is me, I am here. And I am going to publish, very soon, the documentation that the people need, the journalists need,” he told the audience. “They must stop searching for Satoshi Nakamoto, online or offline, anywhere in the world. Because there is no other Satoshi Nakamoto besides me.”Edited by Andrew Hayward