The Real Satoshi?

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
3 min readOct 5, 2024

I found an interesting Twitter thread [here]:

In this, the writer outlines the evidence that Len Sassaman might be Satoshi Nakamoto. Here’s the evidence laid out. First, it outlines that Len was obsessed with privacy [here]:

and worked as a cryptography researcher in Leuven (a place that contains many genius in the field):

While flimsy evidence, Len certainly had the skills to build Bitcoin [here]:

When Bitcoin was launched in 2018, Hal Finney was one of the first adopters, and who was a friend of Len’s [here]:

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.