The Mystery of Satoshi: 12 Years Since the Last Bitcoin Message from Candidate Satoshi

The cryptocurrency community still remembers a key figure in the history of Bitcoin: Hal Finney, considered one of the top candidates for the title of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin under this pseudonym. Twelve years ago, Hal Finney posted his last article on the Bitcoin forum before stepping away from the public eye. Bitcoin historian Pete Rizzo emphasized this in a recent tweet: "12 years ago, Hal Finney posted the last article on the Bitcoin forum before leaving forever. Gone but not forgotten."

Finney, an American software developer, was one of the first contributors to Bitcoin, who received the first Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto. In March 2013, Finney revealed on the Bitcoin forum, BitcoinTalk, in a post titled "Bitcoin and Me (Hal Finney)" that he was almost paralyzed. Despite his health condition, he actively participated in the development and growth of the Bitcoin community until he stepped back for health reasons. In August 2013, Finney posted his final message on the Bitcoin forum and logged out for good. Finney passed away about a year later, on August 28, 2014, during his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Satoshi's Secret Many years after Finney disappeared from the public eye and passed away, the mystery of Satoshi's true identity remains unsolved. Some famous individuals, including Hal Finney, have become the subject of discussion. Finney was the first person outside of Satoshi to download and run the Bitcoin software, as well as the first to receive Bitcoin; however, he denied being Satoshi until his death in 2014. Bitcoin was first mined on January 3, 2009. Many years after the whitepaper on Bitcoin was published and the genesis block was mined, the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, disappeared from the market. Satoshi emailed another Bitcoin developer on April 23, 2011, announcing that they had "moved on to other things" and that the cryptocurrency was "being well managed." Since then, there has been no communication from the previous email addresses of the Bitcoin founder. $BTC {spot}(BTCUSDT)