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- A Satoshi Nakamoto ‘reveal’ planned for today is connected to an alleged fraud
- The organiser, Charles Anderson, is alleged to have worked with another man, Stephen Mollah, to try and defraud a UK businessman
- It is assumed that Mollah will be ‘revealed’ as Satoshi
A Satoshi Nakamoto ‘unveiling’ scheduled for today in London is connected to one of two individuals accused of trying to scam a UK businessman with the ruse. A press release yesterday announced that Satoshi Nakamoto would finally reveal himself in London at 11:30 am GMT, but the name connected to the event is one half of a duo recently accused of trying to defraud the businessman. While there are no details of what exactly this ‘unveiling’ will entail, it is assumed that the other part of the double act will be presented and the whole thing will be a shambles.
“Momentous Occasion”
The Bitcoin world was informed of the alleged unveiling through a press release published yesterday:
After over a decade of speculation and mystery, the world will finally learn the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the elusive inventor of Bitcoin and the foundational Blockchain technology. On this momentous occasion, Nakamoto will reveal his legal identity in a live press conference, marking a historic event in the cryptocurrency landscape.
The event, timed to coincide with the 16th anniversary of the Bitcoin whitepaper, will “provide verifiable proof to confirm Nakamoto’s identity once and for all,” although no clue is given as to what this proof will entail (hopefully it’s not a serious of disastrous lawsuits, eh Craig?).
Sham in the Making
The idea that Satoshi Nakamoto would reveal himself in a press conference is, as we saw in 2016, laughable, and it doesn’t take much sleuthing to uncover the possible motive behind the sham. The email address on the press release belongs to one Charles Anderson, who was accused two weeks ago of trying to defraud British businessman Dalmit Dohil in a civil claim.
Anderson is accused of working in tandem with another man, Stephen Mollah, on the scam, with the pair pretending that Mollah was Satoshi Nakamoto and that he controlled 165,000 bitcoins stored in Singapore. No further details have been revealed over the plot, but it can be assumed that Mollah and Anderson tried to wring cash out of Dohil on the basis that they would pay him back in bitcoins.
Anderson’s role as the organiser of the press conference is, therefore, a pretty strong clue that ‘Satoshi’ will be Mollah and the whole thing is a ridiculous attempt to aid their lawsuit, or even further crimes.