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Privacy Crypto Dev Attempts to Expose Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
2 years ago
in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency news
Reading Time: 3min read
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Anonymity and privacy are extremely important in the crypto industry. The original crypto that the entire industry is based on was created by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, and to this day no identifying details are truly known about the person who designed Bitcoin.

However, recently, someone has come forth claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, and promises they will reveal their full identity in the coming days. But before the final reveal could happen, the lead developer for the most privacy-centric crypto project in the market is oddly working to expose the person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto reveal – who could potentially be the person who created Bitcoin and in turn sparked the creation of the entire crypto industry.

Monero Dev Exposes Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Creator of Bitcoin

Over the weekend, a blog post was published from a PR firm representing someone who claims to be the person behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym and is responsible for creating Bitcoin.

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As soon as the blog post was revealed, the entire crypto community took to arms, going through every word in the text with a fine-tooth comb and analyzing every reference to see if there’s any fact or if its pure fiction.

Related Reading | Bitcoin Becomes “Money,” One Satoshi Now More Valuable Than Some National Currencies 

The seemingly believable story was met – rightfully – with much criticism and skepticism, and many are working hard to disprove any theories and call attention to any pitfalls in the story. Others are even pointing at the poor “Geocities” quality website as a reason why the story cannot possibly be legitimate, due to the creator of the most powerful financial technology ever clearly being able to afford a better quality website given their ownership of over 980,000 BTC that the self-proclaimed Satoshi says he still holds.

Even the lead dev of Monero, Riccardo Spagni has joined in on the search and whose sleuthing has turned up important information tied to the reveal conspiracy. Spagni has discovered through a public WHOIS domain registration search, that the person who owned the website the self-proclaimed Satoshi claimed to have owned, that the person’s name is Bilal Khalid, and says this person is “not Satoshi Nakamoto.”

For those following along at home, here's the public WHOIS info from thebcci<dot>net in 2008. pic.twitter.com/dyVlzdgB2Q

— Riccardo Spagni (@fluffypony) August 18, 2019

Spagni connected the dots leading back to Khalid’s real name through the WHOIS data from thebcci.net – the website for Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which the person behind the Satoshi reveal claims is how Bitcoin got its name.

While Khalid or whoever is behind the Satoshi reveal has brought this attention unto themselves, its surprising to see the lead developer behind a crypto project focused on privacy, working so hard to expose the identity of someone – regardless of who they are.

Related Reading | Tools of the Trade: Monero and Privacy Coins Are Creating More Efficient Criminals

Spagni is the lead developer for Monero (XRM), a privacy-focused crypto that’s come under much scrutiny itself as global regulators fear its anonymity and potential for illicit use such as money laundering.  But before the pitchforks come out, Spagni’s intentions were noble, and is hoping to prevent the rest of the crypto community and Bitcoin believers from falling victim to what many are calling an elaborate PR stunt, a scam, or worse.

Importance of Privacy in Crypto Sector Will Only Grow as Data Breaches Continue

Privacy continues to be a major issue for the crypto industry, and regulation keeps the issue from ever improving. Regulators force crypto exchanges to require extensive private and personal identifying information. While this does indeed help to prevent crimes such as money laundering, it does so while putting individual person data at risk.

Earlier in the month, Binance was at the center of a controversy involving a hacker who demanded a Bitcoin ransom or would otherwise leak photos of Binance customer’s personal identifying data, such as selfie photos and driver’s licenses.

The only way to prevent KYC data leaks, is for companies to never require it in the first place. Very few crypto exchanges require no KYC and therefore no possible chance of exposing private data. However, as regulation across the crypto industry ramps up, this situation will likely only escalate further.

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Tony Spilotro

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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a global remote work leader with a decade of award-winning content experience and excellence. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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