One of the greatest technological mysteries of recent times may have been unveiled. Or not. Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has identified himself as Satoshi Nakamoto , the creator of the digital currency bitcoin . Wright has provided some evidence that links him with the creation of the currency , a secret that sought to resolve authorities around the world. However, Wright's confession has also sowed doubt: this is not the first time someone has declared himself the creator of the currency.
Bitcoin is a currency that serves to exchange goods and services, but unlike other currencies, it is electronic, virtual. Its origin goes back to 2009, when Nakamoto (pseudonym of one or several people) created this currency designed for the internet and that unlike others, there is no central bank that issues it, but is created by algorithms and is encrypted. It is exchanged online, between person and person, and its value is fixed according to supply and demand.
Although it was born without making much noise, little by little it was gaining importance precisely because it is outside the control of authorities or financial entities. Some stores began to accept it appeared even the tellers of bitcoin ... But also incorporated criminal organizations or businesses of dubious legitimacy precisely because it is not necessary to disclose the identity of doing business.
The father of bitcoin has about one million bitcoins, about 390 million at the current exchange rate
Desde su creación, la verdadera identidad de Nakamoto había sido uno de los misterios a resolver, tanto por la comunidad de usuarios como por las autoridades (más allá de las dudas sobre si hay que pagar al fisco por la posesión de esta moneda, el creador podría ser acusado en EEUU de atentar contra la estabilidad del dólar). Ahora, Wright ha asegurado ser Nakamoto. "Soy la mayor parte de él. Otras personas me ayudaron", ha afirmado a la cadena BBC.
Wright, a 44-year-old Australian businessman, has given three interviews (to the BBC , The Economist and GQ) and has opened a blog (www.drcraigwright.net) where he asserts that he is the father of the virtual currency. To prove this, in an article on his website, he details a series of keys that link him to the first bitcoins transaction. "These are the blocks used to send 10 bitcoins to Hal Finney in January (2009), the first deal with bitcoin," explains Wright during the demonstration that the keys belong to that transaction on the BBC. The engineers who helped him transform his idea into the bitcoin protocol.In his website, Wright anticipates that, by revealing the origin and details of his project, his intention is to "
Jon Matonis, founder of the Bitcoin Foundation , has corroborated Wright's version. "During the demonstrations in London, I was able to review the relevant data on three different lines: cryptographic, social and technical," he says. "It is my conviction that Craig Wright satisfies these three categories," he said.
However, other engineers and cryptographers have spilled their doubts about the identity of Sakamoto on the internet, since the evidence provided does not prove 100% that Wright is the creator of the coin.
REGISTRY
At the end of 2015, the specialized media Wired and Gizmodo published that behind Bitcoin was this Australian entrepreneur (unknown by the general public). Both published correspondence pointing to this entrepreneur, which at the same time aroused the 'interest' of the authorities: the Australian federal police registered their domicile and companies in an operation that was said that it had nothing to do with the virtual currency, but that Coincided in time.
Currently, there are around 15 million bitcoins in circulation, which are priced at around 390 euros. It is estimated that Nakamoto, whoever he may be, has about one million bitcoins, or nearly 390 million euros.