After 11 years, the identity or whereabouts of Satoshi Nakamoto remains unknown, which has given rise to a multitude of theories about his identity.
Since the trace of Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, was lost in 2011, many theories have appeared about his identity and the causes of his disappearance. These theories range from those that could be possible, to the absolutely crazy ones like the one he proposed. Alex Jones who claims that aliens created Bitcoin and that they control it.
Today, the identity and whereabouts of Satoshi Nakamoto, whose wallet with 1 million Bitcoin in it remains intact since 2011, are one of the great mysteries of the crypto world.
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Gavin Andresen and a visit to the CIA
The latest theory about Nakamoto's whereabouts has been put forth by Peter Rizzo, one of the editors of Bitcoin Magazine, through his Twitter account. The editor has shared a screenshot of a post that Gavin Andresen, a Bitcoin developer, published on the bitcointalk.org forum, in which he warns that he had planned visit CIA headquarters to talk about Bitcoin.
In the post, which is dated June 2011, the developer explains his intention to visit the CIA to give a presentation on Bitcoin. Apparently, it was the CIA itself that became interested in the cryptocurrency, leading Andresen to express his surprise that Bitcoin was already on “the radar” of the security agency.
For Andresen, the presentation to the CIA represented an ideal opportunity to discuss the ways in which Bitcoin can improve the world through a new type of more competitive currency, capable of eliminating barriers to international payments, giving people greater financial freedom and more autonomy in their financial activities.
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In this sense, Andresen is concerned about the fact that the CIA could influence developers and force them to work on something contrary to the philosophy of Bitcoin.
Do the dates fit?
Peter Rizzo's theory about Andresen's visit and Nakamoto's disappearance is, like any such conspiracy theory, simple speculation.
In fact, Nakamoto regularly posted on bitcointalk.org where he talked about the project development and updates. The Bitcoin creator's last forum post was on December 12, 2010, about updates to counter denial of service (DoS) attacks.
On the other hand, according to Forbes the April 26th 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto sent an email saying goodbye to his colleagues and explaining that he planned to dedicate himself to other projects. This email implies that Nakamoto would have abandoned the project several months before Andresen's visit to the CIA.
Therefore, we can say that the dates of Andresen's visit to the CIA and the disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto do not add up. That said, it is a very interesting theory.
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