Is Paul Le Roux in fact Satoshi of Bitcoin?

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

There is an ongoing debate that Satoshi is Paul Le Roux.

Bitcoin wallet used from Hal Finney to receive the first Bitcoin as a transfer from Satoshi (or Paul Le Roux if it appears to be true) is the one below:

1Q2TWHE3GMdB6BZKafqwxXtWAWgFt5Jvm3

Signature of this transaction was as follows:

which decrypts to (again, as per Martin Shkreli):

Some argue that this might be fake as Leroux is not spelled correctly, when in fact it should have been Le Roux like Paul’s last name and also the hash tag used #bitcoin makes it seem like a feature which was used later on and not as early as 2009.

We will keep you updated on this topic. If this happens to be true then this is definitely not great news for Crypto Space. Paul Le Roux was a former criminal cartel boss who was expert an encryption expert.

Timing is not at its best. With Sam being arrested, Binance having issues with withdrawals, this definitely can have a destructive impact in the entire space if everything appears to be true.

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