Is Satoshi Nakamoto back?

BTC continued to lie at 63k over the weekend. Ahead, as far as the eye can see, is the resistance zone of the surging river. To pass or not, that is the question.

Winds and rains rise on Zhongshan Mountain, and millions of troops cross the river.

The tigers and dragons are more powerful today than in the past, and the world is overturned and generous.

It is better to pursue the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the tyrant.

If the sky has feelings, it will also grow old, and the right path in the world is vicissitudes.

Recently, shocking news came out: several old mining addresses in the early days of BTC have moved coins! The mining time of these coins is basically around January 29 to February 2, 2009. These addresses are: 1C4rE41Kox3jZbdJT9yatyh4H2fMxP8qmD - January 29, 2009 18E5d2wQdAfutcXgziHZR71izLRyjSzGSX - January 30, 2009 13J8FkimCLQ2EnP1xRm7yHhpaZQa9H4p8E - January 31, 2009 (this is said to be the address of the "Tulip Trust") 1MBBJBFEaYKHFZAeV7hQ7DWdu3aZktjzFH - January 31, 2009 1CGT3Ywaa2upJfWtUtbXonDPNTfZPWqzmA - February 2, 2009

As we all know, the timestamp of the first block of Bitcoin, the so-called genesis block, is January 3, 2009. However, according to Jiaolian's introduction in The History of Bitcoin, it was not until January 9 that "someone" (probably Satoshi Nakamoto) mined the second block.

It can be seen that the owner behind the address of this dynamic currency, who was able to participate in BTC mining in late January and early February 2009, must be a very senior person in the cryptography community, and is very likely a member of the cypherpunk mailing list - this mailing list is also the place where Satoshi Nakamoto first released BTC.

However, from October 31, 2008, when Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper on the cypherpunk mailing list, to January 3, 2009, or even January 9, when it was officially launched and mining started, there were also 2-3 months in between for more people to know about it.

Of course, the gap between knowing and being interested, and from being interested to participating in mining is also huge. Many people, often out of instinctive suspicion, cannot see, cannot understand, look down on, not to mention investing time and energy into action.

It is estimated that there are only a dozen people in the world who can participate in BTC during the mining period of the above-mentioned dynamic currency addresses, and it is likely that no more than 50 people.

From another perspective, it is indeed a legend to be able to hold BTC for 15 years from being worthless, and to get 63,000 US dollars, without losing the private key, and not selling it in the temptation and panic of skyrocketing and plummeting.

Some netizens are very excited and spread the rumor that Satoshi Nakamoto is back. But I'm sorry, these addresses are most likely not Satoshi Nakamoto's mining addresses.

According to research, the mining addresses suspected of being Satoshi Nakamoto in the early years used a special imprint called the Patoshi pattern. This imprint distinguishes the mining addresses suspected of being Satoshi Nakamoto from the addresses of other miners in the same period. For specific technical details, you can review the article on January 14, 2023 by Jiaolian 《Is Satoshi a Greedy Miner?》.

These addresses with the Patoshi pattern have mined a total of about 1.1 million BTC - and have never been moved so far. Yes. If they really belong to Satoshi Nakamoto, Satoshi Nakamoto has indeed never used his invention (BTC) to extract a penny from the community (by selling BTC). This pure moral height leaves all the imitators behind.

As Tomer Strolight gave this wonderful evaluation of this huge untouched legacy in the 2022.9.30 article The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto:

"He chose to turn it into an eternal monument to the human spirit. It stands there forever, showing that one person can accomplish many things that others claim are impossible. It stands there forever, showing that one person can withstand widely held beliefs and prove them wrong. It shows that one person can lead a movement that questions the necessity, validity, and authority of the most powerful entity in the world. It stands there forever, showing that one person can actually sacrifice wealth, power, and fame to create, and do morally good things. It stands there forever, saying that "human beings can create things of eternal good."

In this era of little innovation, meme coins, industry leaders taking the lead in degeneration, speculation and hype, and the cypherpunk spirit has disappeared, people can't help but miss Satoshi Nakamoto more and more. After a long time of missing him, I seemed to see Satoshi Nakamoto's unexpected return.

As soon as the wind and thunder rise from the earth, there will be a pile of bones.

Monks are fools and can be trained, but demons are ghosts and will cause disasters.

The golden monkey raised his thousand-pound stick, and the jade sky cleared the dust.

Today, we cheer for Sun Wukong, only because the demon fog has come again.