Was the CIA behind Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s ‘disappearance’?

Pete Rizzo, Editor astatine Bitcoin Magazine, made a tenuous nexus betwixt Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen’s sojourn to the CIA successful June 2011 and the disappearance of Satoshi Nakamoto.

The tweet included a screenshot of a station from Andresen from what looks similar the bitcointalk.org forum. He wrote astir accepting an invitation from the quality bureau to sermon Bitcoin.

Rizzo alleges that Nakamoto “was ne'er seen again” soon aft Andresen’s visit.

✨ 11 years agone today, a #Bitcoin developer decided to sojourn the CIA. Satoshi Nakamoto was ne'er seen again. pic.twitter.com/QOK2tmwIn5

— RIZZO (@pete_rizzo_) April 27, 2022

Nakamoto’s expected 1 cardinal BTC holdings would enactment him/her/them connected the Forbes top-20 affluent list. But to this day, his wallets stay untouched. Some see this grounds that Nakamoto had philanthropic intentions to acquisition Bitcoin to the satellite arsenic a mode to flight banking tyranny.

However, a drawstring of different theories besides exists. Including the outlandish assertion by Alex Jones that aliens person invented and power Bitcoin.

Nakamoto’s individuality and whereabouts number among the top mysteries successful cryptocurrency. And contempt the service of “internet detectives” who person poured done the evidence, the assemblage is nary person to establishing who Nakamoto is.

Andresen wanted to speech Bitcoin to the CIA

The screenshot of Andresen’s station shows helium planned to springiness a presumption astir Bitcoin astatine the CIA office successful June (2011). He was invited to speak, truthful helium took this arsenic a motion Bitcoin was “already connected their radar.”

The station says the presumption is an perfect accidental to sermon however Bitcoin could amended the satellite done “a amended currency,” much competition, removing barriers to planetary payments, and giving radical much autonomy successful their fiscal dealings.

Some mightiness accidental that Andresen was naive to person said:

“I don’t deliberation immoderate of those goals are incompatible with the goals of the government.”

Nonetheless, Andresen did explicit immoderate apprehension astir visiting, saying he’s disquieted the CIA volition power Bitcoin devs to bash thing they don’t privation to. However, astatine the aforesaid time, helium considered it a accidental to interruption down misconceptions astir the project.

Source: @pete_rizzo_ connected Twitter.com

Do the timelines stack up?

Rizzo’s transportation betwixt Andresen’s sojourn and Nakamoto’s disappearance is speculative astatine best.

Nakamoto posted connected bitcointalk.org to sermon developments and springiness physique updates. His past post connected the forum was connected December 12, 2010, successful which helium wrote astir updates to antagonistic Denial of Service attacks.

“There’s much enactment to bash connected DoS, but I’m doing a speedy physique of what I person truthful acold successful lawsuit it’s needed, earlier venturing into much analyzable ideas. The physique for this is mentation 0.3.19.”

According to Forbes, Nakamoto emailed his chap developers connected April 26, 2011, to pass them helium was moving connected to different projects. The email implies Nakamoto near the Bitcoin task months earlier Andreson’s presumption astatine the CIA successful June 2011.

Considering this, Nakamoto’s past known communications dates bash not needfully enactment the mentation that the CIA whitethorn person been progressive with Nakamoto’s disappearance.