Satoshi Didn't Sign Craig Wright Message, Says Crypto Researcher

Yesterday, a Bitcoin miner signed a message calling Craig Wright a fraud.

One of the addresses used had been previously attributed to the Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

The message was signed with 145 signatures belonging to the 145 corresponding addresses, one of those addresses: 12CTHhyJtr49LgoUShbWgebLBviLAFj6nj, was a Coinbase address for the Bitcoins mined in block 30169.

Previous research conducted by Sergio Demian Lerner, identified this block as one mined by Satoshi.

The blocks that BitMEX Research believes have a chance to have been mined by Satoshi are 30255 and 33270, which are not identified as belonging to Satoshi by Lerner's algorithm.

Early Bitcoin involvementWhoever signed the message may have been involved in Bitcoin from its early days, as the blocks go back to 2009 when there were still very few miners besides Satoshi.

They support the Lighting Network and do not believe the increase in the block size is the right approach to improving on-chain scalability, which could be construed as them siding with the conservatism of the Bitcoin core community, not Bitcoin Cash.Furthermore, their support for the Lightning Network, may indicate support for Blockstream, the company co-founded by the inventor of proof-of-work consensus, Adam Back.

His Hashcash was a major stepping stone for Satoshi and was cited in the Bitcoin white paper.

Since Satoshi left the project, there have been very few messages that might be attributed to him.

Perhaps Satoshi reactivates himself once in a while to steer the Bitcoin boat in the right direction.