The dark web has revealed shocking news—the true identity of Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is likely the deceased cryptography pioneer Hal Finney!
Let's turn back time to January 12, 2009, when the first recorded transaction on the Bitcoin network was Satoshi transferring 10 coins to Hal. Logically, wouldn’t any programmer use themselves as a guinea pig for testing first? This unusual action clearly looks like a self-directed double act.
Here's a hardcore detail: Hal, who lived in California, was just two blocks away from a Japanese professor named Dorian Nakamoto. Looking back now, isn’t it possible that the name "Satoshi Nakamoto" was borrowed from a neighbor? If that’s the case, this smoke screen was indeed played brilliantly.
The most striking clue is the key detail of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). By the end of 2010, as Bitcoin started to show some promise, Satoshi vanished from the scene, which coincidentally aligns with Hal's deteriorating health before his death in 2014. He fought with his last strength to plant this decentralized flame firmly in the virtual world, leaving not even a gravestone behind.
Upon careful consideration of his insistence on not claiming credit during his lifetime, it really reflects a deep understanding of human nature. If Bitcoin truly carried the founder's golden name, countries would have already shut down the mining operations, preventing the crypto landscape valued in trillions from forming. Just based on this attitude of "doing what needs to be done and then disappearing, keeping oneself and name hidden," Hal truly embodied the state of "the highest level is not aware of its existence" from Eastern philosophy.
Now, looking at the skyrocketing price of Bitcoin, who still cares about who Satoshi is? This precisely proves Hal's clever planning—true decentralization should be like the sands of the Sahara: the tighter you grip it, the faster it slips away; only by completely letting go can it spread far and wide. As people are about to forget this puzzle, perhaps it is at that moment that Hal is smiling in satisfaction from above.