Man Claims To Be Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto At London Event

According to Cointelegraph, a man named Stephen Mollah, dressed in a colorful turban, camouflage pants, a black suit, and sporting a long gray beard, has emerged as the latest individual claiming to be the inventor of Bitcoin. On October 31, around a dozen journalists gathered at the Front Line Club in London, anticipating the revelation of the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. However, the event did not go as expected. BBC News reporter Joe Tidy, who live-tweeted the event, mentioned that attendees were asked to pay £500 to participate and ask questions. The event began with a presentation by Mollah and organizer Charles Anderson, which included a peculiar microphone test and a monologue about Anderson's alleged inventions. After 40 minutes, Mollah took the stage, dressed in an eccentric manner, and claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto. He described himself as a business person and an economic and monetary scientist. Mollah also claimed to have invented the Twitter logo, the Eurobond, and the ChatGPT protocol. However, when it came to providing proof of his claims, Mollah fell short. He presented screenshots of Nakamoto's posts on a Bitcoin forum from nearly 16 years ago, which were deemed easy to fake. Mollah claimed the posts were timestamped and had paper copies as proof. When asked to perform a live transfer of Nakamoto's famed Genesis coins, Mollah stated he did not have the keys to those early Bitcoin wallets, which were split into eight parts and stored on eight computers around the world. He also mentioned that groups were attempting to hack his devices for the massive crypto haul. Mollah is the latest in a series of individuals claiming to be Nakamoto, with previous claimants like Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, who was ruled not to be the Bitcoin inventor by England's High Court. Mollah and Anderson are currently involved in a legal battle over their claim, with a private prosecution by alleged victim Dlmit Dohil accusing them of dishonestly claiming that Mollah was Nakamoto, exposing him to a risk of loss. Both pleaded not guilty to fraud by false representation and were given bail, with a trial set for November 3 next year.