Summary
TLDR: Emails from Satoshi Nakamoto to cryptographer Adam Back entered into court record in ongoing case against Craig Wright, who claims to be Bitcoin inventor. Emails suggest Back is not Satoshi, leading to speculation that late Hal Finney or Wei Dei could be Satoshi. COPA, backed by Jack Dorsey, is trying to shut down Wright’s claims.
Key Points
1. Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, still remains unidentified 15 years after the cryptocurrency was launched, despite claims by computer programmer Craig Wright to be the man behind the myth.
2. Real emails from Satoshi to cryptographer and cypherpunk Adam Back were entered into the court record in the ongoing case of the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) vs. Wright, suggesting that Back was not the man behind the Satoshi moniker.
3. The emails show that Satoshi shared a pre-release draft of the Bitcoin whitepaper with Back, asked for feedback, and eventually informed Back that the open-source Bitcoin software had launched, highlighting key elements that distinguish Bitcoin from previous attempts to create effective, purely digital money.