Earlier today, it was reported by all the media that an Australian businessman, Craig Wright, is the inventor of the digital currency Bitcoin.
The BBC reported that it had verified the allegations and information given to them by Mr. Craig Wright, and so the news was reported by big names, such as The Economist.
However, it seems that there are serious doubts from all over the Web.
Reddit and Hacker News users, as is often the case, immediately went on the hunt, quickly claiming that the verification provided by Mr. Wright was insufficient.
Read more in the Reddit thread.
Peter Todd, a cryptography consultant, agreed that the evidence presented is not convincing.
FYI: signing any block after the genesis block isn't good evidence you're Satoshi as Bitcoin was released publicly w/oa pre-mine.
— Peter Todd (@peterktodd) May 2, 2016
It should be noted that the last time Mr. Wright tried to convince people that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, he used expired PGP keys.
And the question remains for more than a decade. Who is the creator of Bitcoin and why does Mr. Wright want to present himself as its creator now?
Maybe he still has ambitions to start the first Bitcoin bank.
Or maybe he really is Satoshi Nakamoto but the way he tries to prove it doesn't seem to convince everyone.
