The mysterious creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the cryptocurrency world. Recently, Seán Murray, the editor-in-chief of the financial media outlet deBanked, put forward a series of claims attempting to link Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), to Nakamoto, sparking intense discussions.
**WHY JACK DORSEY IS Satoshi NAKAMOTO**
Jack Dorsey was:
1 of ~1,300 confirmed cypherpunks in 1996 (his UMR email)
Wore an Adam Back t-shirt in the UMR yearbook
UMR students were called Miners
Was a CompSci & Math major with an interest in crypto
Member of ACM in 1997 to at…
— Seán Murray (@financeguy74) February 15, 2025
**Is Jack Dorsey Satoshi Nakamoto?**
For a long time, Jack Dorsey has been speculated to have a connection to Satoshi Nakamoto. However, during an interview with computer scientist and podcast host Lex Fridman in April 2020, he denied the rumors, responding ambiguously:
“No, if I were, would I tell you?”
Nevertheless, Murray remains convinced that Dorsey is “very likely” to be Nakamoto. He pointed out that Dorsey exhibited strong “cypherpunk” tendencies as early as 1996, including wearing a t-shirt featuring Adam Back, the inventor of the proof-of-work system Hashcash, and writing a declaration in 2001 about “making an impact in the world without leaving a trace.”
**Coincidences of Birthdays, Timestamps, and Special Addresses**
One of the core pieces of evidence proposed by Murray is the coincidence between significant dates in Bitcoin’s history and the birthdays of Dorsey’s family:
The first Bitcoin transaction occurred on January 11, 2009, which is Dorsey’s mother’s birthday.
The last block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto was on March 5, 2010, coinciding with Dorsey’s father’s birthday.
Satoshi Nakamoto registered on the Bitcoin forum on November 19, which is also Dorsey’s birthday.
Additionally, Murray noted that the original code files for Bitcoin were timestamped at “4 AM,” which corresponds to the time Dorsey had marked in his Twitter profile.
He also pointed out that Nakamoto used “brute force” to create a Bitcoin address, one of which starts with “jD2m,” which he interprets as “Jack Dorsey 2 Mint,” aligning with the address of 2 Mint Plaza in San Francisco, where Dorsey previously lived.
**Nakamoto’s Email Hacked, Revealing Geographic Location?**
Furthermore, Murray presented a key clue related to Nakamoto’s location:
On September 8, 2014, Nakamoto’s GMX email account was hacked, and the hacker claimed to have information linking Nakamoto to St. Louis (one of the cities in Missouri) and attempted to extort him. Notably, Dorsey was born in St. Louis.
On January 10, 2009, Nakamoto accidentally logged into an Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and the IP address from that login indicated it was from California, the location of Twitter’s headquarters at that time, which was often frequented by Dorsey.
**Foreseeing Tough U.S. Regulations, Choosing to Disappear?**
On December 5, 2010, Nakamoto urged people on the Bitcoin forum not to donate Bitcoin to WikiLeaks. However, just nine days later (December 14), Twitter received a “secret court order” from the U.S. government demanding all information related to WikiLeaks. Although Dorsey was not the CEO of Twitter at that time, he was still a board member.
Murray also discovered that Nakamoto’s last login on the Bitcoin forum was on December 13, 2010, just a day before Twitter received the government order. He believes that these coincidences may not be accidental but rather indicate that Nakamoto (possibly Dorsey) chose to fade from public view after predicting or learning about U.S. government regulatory actions.
**Controversies and Doubts: Is the Evidence Sufficient?**
Like any theory regarding Nakamoto, Murray’s speculation has faced considerable criticism:
Some X users believe that the creator of Bitcoin would unlikely willingly accept censorship, while Dorsey faced criticism during his tenure at Twitter for complying with government censorship.
Another point of contention is that Dorsey wore a t-shirt with “Satoshi Nakamoto” printed on it during the 2024 Super Bowl, leading some to argue that if he were indeed Nakamoto, he would not be so high-profile.
*(Crypto operators and ETF issuers absent from Super Bowl ads, Jack Dorsey wears Satoshi Nakamoto t-shirt to help spread the word)*
Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp criticized Murray for being irresponsible, as this could make Dorsey a target worldwide and even endanger his family:
“Even if this person has passed away, you could still put their family in danger.”
**The Identity of Satoshi Nakamoto Remains a Mystery**
Murray stated that he spent over two months researching this evidence, meticulously documenting it in his 15 deCashed articles, while Dorsey has yet to respond or deny the matter.
This is not the first time someone has attempted to unveil Nakamoto’s true identity; in 2023, an HBO documentary claimed that Canadian computer scientist Peter Todd was Nakamoto, but this theory did not gain significant support.
*(HBO reveals Satoshi Nakamoto! Canadian developer accused of being Bitcoin’s creator, Peter Todd: I am not Satoshi Nakamoto)*
Additionally, Hal Finney, Adam Back, and American cryptographer Nick Szabo have also been speculated to be Nakamoto.
*(Is Satoshi Nakamoto more than one person? Adam Cochran: Hal Finney is merely a key figure behind Nakamoto)*
As time passes, the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery, and whether Jack Dorsey is truly connected to the birth of Bitcoin continues to lack conclusive evidence.
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