Alleged Bitcoin developer returns to Twitter for the first time in 5 years

X users noticed the first post on the @satoshi page in 5 years. It seemed that Satoshi Nakamoto had returned to the public space and was ready to communicate with cryptophiles.

After a while, it became known that the information was fake. The verified Satoshi Nakamoto account, which has more than 60,000 users, actually belongs to Craig Wright’s friend Andy Rowe. Wright has been impersonating the bitcoin developer for a long time, and this time he decided to resort to radical methods.

🚨JUST IN: Craig Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, but has been proven to be a fraud. He controls @satoshi and it should not be trusted#RichQUACK $QUACK $BTC #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/yCQTBMEcrK

— RichQuack (@RichQuack) October 3, 2023

The fake Satoshi Nakamoto’s post gained more than 5 million views in a day and became a real sensation. So far, users have added a Community Notes note to the post, pointing out that the data is false. «Craig Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, but he has been proven to be a fraud. He controls this account and should not be trusted,» the users emphasized.

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As a reminder, Satoshi Nakamoto, widely considered to be the creator of bitcoin, disappeared from the public domain in April 2011 and has not been seen since, leading to speculation that he is dead. Before his disappearance, Nakamoto claimed to be Japanese, born on April 5, 1975. However, he spoke English very well, so many believed him to be a resident of an English-speaking country.

Earlier, Craig Wright claimed that the term «bitcoin» belongs to him, and that cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Kraken, by allowing trading in BTC and BCH, are harming the brand of the competing cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV). In February, it became known about the results of the trial, where Wright lost the case related to the alleged infringement of his copyright on the digital asset. However, the entrepreneur continues to insist that he is the author of the BSV white paper and thus the same anonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto.