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In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Since then, no one has proven who he really was. But a new theory is gaining strength: what if the creator of BTC was Paul Le Roux, a genius of digital crime?
Who was Paul Le Roux?
Elite cryptographer
Creator of the E4M software (basis of TrueCrypt)
Leader of a global criminal organization
Arrested in 2012 by the US DEA
Le Roux operated in dozens of countries and needed to transfer billions of dollars anonymously, securely, and anti-fragile — exactly what Bitcoin offers.
Technical Similarities with Bitcoin
The original BTC code (2009) has strong similarities with Le Roux's software:
C++ Language with C Style
Few external dependencies
Modularity and advanced use of cryptography
Algorithms like SHA-256 and AES
But there's one detail: the comments in the BTC code are clearer and more didactic, which raises the hypothesis of a collaborator like Hal Finney refining the rough work.
Satoshi's BTC Never Moved
Satoshi mined about 1.1 million BTC — and never touched them.
Coincidence? Le Roux was secretly arrested in 2012. Since then, Satoshi has completely disappeared. This reinforces the hypothesis that he was Le Roux — and that his bitcoins are frozen because he can no longer access them.
Strong but Uncomfortable Theory
If true, the creator of BTC was not an idealistic libertarian… but rather a brilliant criminal who used technology to protect his empire.
And perhaps that's why Bitcoin is so powerful: it was born at the frontier between idealism and the survival of the underworld.
