According to (Cointelegraph) reports, Bitcoin research company BTCparser has proposed a new theory about Satoshi Nakamoto, that is, the Bitcoin creator has not really retired, but has strategically used it since 2019. Several early Bitcoin wallets cashed out.
BTCparser pointed out in an article on November 19 that a batch of Bitcoin wallets were created in 2010, each wallet address held 50 Bitcoins, and had not been transferred until the first "awakening" in November 2019 However, BTCparser calls these wallets the "whales of 2010."
BTCparser theorizes that Satoshi Nakamoto owns these wallets and has been slowly selling off the Bitcoins within them, while deliberately not touching the wallet, which was created in 2009, to avoid attracting attention. So far, 24,000 Bitcoins have been transferred out of these addresses.
BTCparser stated in the article, “This makes me suspect that the mysterious whale of 2010 may be Satoshi Nakamoto.” If this is indeed the case, then the above conjecture “outlines the image of a creator who carefully planned to ensure his privacy.” ”. But BTCparser added that this is just a hypothesis, not a conclusion.
How are funds cashed out?
The BTCparser article points out that in 2010, funds in whale wallets were funneled into a P2SH address (such addresses are often used as escrow), and then sent to multiple bech32 addresses (a method that provides low transaction fees and can be used efficiently). block space address type).
Bitcoin worth $5 million in these addresses was first sold in November 2019, with the second and third sales occurring in March and October 2020, respectively, for amounts ranging from $6 million to $8 million and $11 million. to $13 million. The fourth sale took place on November 15 this year, and cashed out approximately $176 million.
BTCparser said: “Sales have increased as Bitcoin’s value has risen, indicating that the whale has been strategically cashing out.”
BTCparser believes that the Coinbase exchange may have more information about the person or entity behind these transactions because the coins were deposited on the exchange, unless the whale was operating through an intermediary. In October this year, the HBO documentary (Money Electric: The Mystery of Bitcoin) identified Canadian software developer Peter Todd as Satoshi Nakamoto, but Todd has denied it. In addition to Peter Todd, frequent suspects include technology expert Nick Szabo, the late cryptographer Hal Finney and blockchain technology company Blockstream founder Adam Back - all of whom have denied that they are Satoshi Nakamoto.
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