Twitter Evidence May Prove Hal Finney Is Not Satoshi

Evidence from 10 years old tweets helps eliminate Hal Finney as a viable Satoshi Nakamoto candidate.

Listen to article A tweet from 2010 may provide evidence that Hal Finney is not Satoshi Nakamoto.

Satoshi asked him to develop a MacOS version of the Bitcoin client, which he eventually did.

Although this is by no means incontrovertible evidence, it puts a dent in the theory that Hal Finney was either Satoshi or part of a team behind the pseudonym.

Another possible explanation is that Satoshi did not believe development for the Mac ecosystem was a top priority, due to its limited market share.

These theories seem to fall short when we consider that Hanyecz describes Satoshi as someone who was very controlling and borderline paranoid.

It seems unlikely that he would delegate the development of the Mac client to an outsider if the team included Hal Finney - a seasoned developer who was likely capable of taking on the task himself.

Hal Finney's famous tweet about mining Bitcoin also does not make sense in this context.

Satoshi's writings confirm that the author was very careful to not reveal any personal information about themself.

While this does not help solve the Satoshi mystery, it may allow us to eliminate one of the community's most popular candidates.