GROUND ZERO: LONDON 🇬🇧
The headline in block 0 has a different wording than the version published online.
The phrasing matches the print edition, which was only available in England and Brussels on that day.
Either Satoshi was there, or someone sent him a photo (leaving a trace).
THE BELGIAN CONNECTION 🇧🇪
The 2nd citation in the whitepaper from 2008 didn’t exist online—it was only in print. It was given to attendees at a 1999 conference in Haasrode, Belgium.
This paper is from Benelux universities. It was even presented in 1999 at Stanford, but with a different reference list than the one replicated in the whitepaper (citations 3, 4, and 5).
HAL WAS RUNNING 🏃♂️
Hal Finney is a frequent suspect, but his family has strongly denied it.
On the morning of Saturday, 4/18/09, he was running a half marathon while Satoshi was exchanging emails (more than one, with questions and answers) with developer Mike Hearn.
THE LOS ANGELES IP 📍
Satoshi was in L.A. a week after the genesis block.
He always used Tor to hide his IP when online.
But in the beginning, Bitcoin didn’t have addresses. To send/receive, one’s IP was exposed. And on 1/10/09, Hal published a log showing Satoshi's IP.
THE FINAL CITATION 📜
The paper’s bibliography is outdated and brief.
Notably, the 8th citation stands out: a "book X" on probability theory, published in 1957.
Where did Satoshi find this book?
Why cite it, but make no mention of Chaum, Finney, or Szabo?
CARIBBEAN HOLIDAY 🏖️
Peter Thiel, PayPal magnate, suspects that Satoshi might have been among the 140 attendees at a financial cryptography conference held at the InterIslands Hotel in Anguilla, February 21-24, 2000.
E-gold was one of the event’s sponsors.
BRITISH "LOOSE" LANGUAGE 👅
Satoshi heavily used British expressions ("bloody hard," "defenCe," "grEy," "coloUr").
He used the European date format (dd/mm/yyyy).
He frequently referenced the Euro.
In some cases, he seemed to use a grammar checker.
He also put two spaces after periods.
WEALTHY FRIENDS 🤑
In the latest emails revealed by Martti Malmi, it’s clear that Satoshi had access to resources to fund the development of #BTC.
He claimed it was donations. So, there were people he was talking to about the project. Or it was his own money...
A PLANNED DEPARTURE 👋
The creator's disappearance may seem abrupt. Satoshi said goodbye as soon as he learned about Gavin A.'s discussions with the CIA.
But his departure was planned and gradual.
Satoshi gradually shut down his hashrate in 4 stages—when the network was already running on its own.
His self-declared birthday, 4/5/75, has digits that sum to 21 (5 + 4 + 7 + 5).
The date of block #1, 1/9/2009, also sums to 21 (9 + 1 + 2 + 9).
The halving happens every 210,000 blocks.
Until the 21 million #Bitcoin are exhausted, in 2140.