I’m 99% convinced I know who created Bitcoin — and it’s not a random guess.
If Satoshi Nakamoto was a single person, Hal Finney fits better than anyone else.
Hal was:
One of the first people to receive Bitcoin
The recipient of Satoshi’s first-ever transaction
A world-class cryptographer, cypherpunk pioneer, and early PGP contributor
Someone who had already worked on proof-of-work systems long before Bitcoin existed
The coincidences don’t stop there.
Hal lived just blocks away from Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto — a real person whose name would make the perfect camouflage for a pseudonym. Writing style comparisons between Hal and Satoshi show striking similarities in tone, structure, and dry humor. Once you see it, it’s hard to ignore.
Then there’s the timing.
Satoshi disappeared right as Hal’s ALS worsened. No farewell. No final message. Just silence.
Hal also mined a large amount of early Bitcoin — and never moved a single coin. No selling, no temptation, no exit. Exactly what you’d expect from someone who didn’t build Bitcoin for money.
Today, those coins would be worth over $100 billion.
Hal once said Bitcoin could become a global reserve asset. Satoshi designed it that way.
No one can prove it with 100% certainty. But if Satoshi wasn’t a group, Hal Finney checks more boxes than anyone else.
And maybe that’s the real point.
Bitcoin didn’t need a face, a CEO, or a legacy.
It just needed an idea — built to outlive its creator.
The idea did.
