I think Torvalds is just trolling and Craig Wright must be cryingCraig Wright has nothing to do with Torvalds, but both of them have the same identity, they are Faketoshi. I don't know why these popular people want to ruin their reputation by claiming as a Satoshi. Although they want to take people's attention, I think there are too many other ways that deserve to try. Claiming as a Satoshi will be useless because people know if Satoshi won't do it. Real Satoshi knows well about the risks when he introduces himself.
Craig Wright has nothing to do with Torvalds, but both of them have the same identity, they are Faketoshi. I don't know why these popular people want to ruin their reputation by claiming as a Satoshi. Although they want to take people's attention, I think there are too many other ways that deserve to try. Claiming as a Satoshi will be useless because people know if Satoshi won't do it. Real Satoshi knows well about the risks when he introduces himself.
We are always curious about Satoshi's true identity, although I do not want this information to be made public because it will have a negative impact on the market. If Linus is Satoshi, he will need a lot of evidence to confirm it, Craig will probably sue Linus for this.
Torvalds went on, "So the "torvalds/linux" part of that URL is basically just empty noise, designed to fool people into thinking it's in my tree. You could replace it with any other GitHub repository name - the actual relevant part is just the SHA1 hash part."Source. (https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-is-not-bitcoins-legendary-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/)
Still, Torvalds added, "The 'any other' might not be entirely true - it may be that GitHub only shares objects between repositories that are related. So maybe the jokester needed to start his repository as a clone of mine to get the required object sharing - I haven't checked."
In any case, Torvalds is not Nakamoto.
"So no," Torvalds concluded, "I'm sadly not the owner of a huge stash of original bitcoins."
Torvalds surely has all the ability to create Bitcoin, but I don't think he is Satoshi. Why would he bother to use a pseudonym? Also, Torvalds already denied the claim:QuoteTorvalds went on, "So the "torvalds/linux" part of that URL is basically just empty noise, designed to fool people into thinking it's in my tree. You could replace it with any other GitHub repository name - the actual relevant part is just the SHA1 hash part."Source. (https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-is-not-bitcoins-legendary-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/)
Still, Torvalds added, "The 'any other' might not be entirely true - it may be that GitHub only shares objects between repositories that are related. So maybe the jokester needed to start his repository as a clone of mine to get the required object sharing - I haven't checked."
In any case, Torvalds is not Nakamoto.
"So no," Torvalds concluded, "I'm sadly not the owner of a huge stash of original bitcoins."
Satoshi's identity is still a mystery, if he/she/they are still alive and have the private key, that's the scary part since he/she/they can tank the market in a second.