Some people believe they’ve figured out who created $BTC Bitcoin. Not only is he not missing — he might be behind bars. Hear me out.
There’s a theory that Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of $BTC , is actually Paul Le Roux — a brilliant, but dangerous programmer originally from Zimbabwe.
Here’s why people think it could be him:
Paul Le Roux was known for creating E4M, a powerful encryption software that was so secure, even the NSA struggled with it.
He once wrote a manifesto claiming encryption was the only way to protect freedom — an idea that sounds a lot like something Satoshi might say.
Le Roux had the skills: he was a tech genius.
And he had a motive: in the 2000s, he ran shady online pharmacies and eventually became a drug cartel kingpin.
As his empire grew, he relied heavily on encryption, fake identities, and highly organized operations — almost like a spy network.
By 2008, Le Roux needed a way to move huge amounts of money across borders, fast and secretly.
That’s the same year $BTC launched.
Now here’s where it gets weird:
One of Le Roux’s aliases was “Paul Solotshi Calder Le Roux.”
Solotshi — Satoshi? Coincidence?Satoshi Nakamoto stopped posting in 2010.
Le Roux was arrested in 2012.
In a lawsuit years later (Kleiman vs Wright), a document was leaked that linked Le Roux to bitcoin for the first time — pointing directly to his Wikipedia page.
Also, while in court, Le Roux reportedly said he wanted to build a Bitcoin mining business when he got out of prison.
So to sum up:
He had the motive (move money without detection).
He had the skills (built complex systems from scratch).
He had the mindset (a deep obsession with privacy and distrust of governments).
But not everything fits:
His coding style doesn’t match Satoshi’s.
Satoshi was calm and polite; Le Roux was reckless and violent.
Bitcoin wasn’t used in any of his crimes.
And someone claiming to be Satoshi posted online in 2014, after Le Roux was already locked up.
So… is Le Roux really Satoshi? Maybe. Maybe not.
