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2025-04-23 09:18:44
Hello nostr:nprofile1qqsrzsrjc9h6jse7zd60vtjmqtypvw2xa55c48x78v25z5fu98gellcprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumnnv43kyatwddjhytnrdakszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skcwjzllt this message is widely considered to be a fake.
Here’s why:
1. Suspicious date — 2015
Satoshi Nakamoto stepped away from the public scene in April 2011 and has never published an authenticated public or private message since. The message you’re showing is dated 2015, which is 4 years after his disappearance.
2. Unverified email address
The email used here is satoshi at vistomail.com — this is not a verified or known address associated with Satoshi (he used satoshin@gmx.com and satoshi@vistomail.com before 2011, but there’s no indication this one is legit). He never signed this message with a PGP key, which would have allowed cryptographic authentication.
3. Context of the debate: Bitcoin XT
In 2015, Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen launched Bitcoin XT to increase the block size. This fork sparked intense debate. Several people tried to impersonate Satoshi during this time to influence the discussion. This message is believed to be part of that.
4. No cryptographic proof
Satoshi holds cryptographic keys linked to the earliest mined blocks. If he wanted to prove his identity, he could simply sign a message with one of those keys. That has never been done for this message.