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In a recent turn that surrounds the elusive founder of bitcoin, the data appeared this week suggesting that a Canadian exchange, later acquired by Kraken, can have key clues about the true identity of pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
The development follows the forensic research recently published by Arkham Intelligence and a posterior deep immersion of Conor Grogan, director of Coinbase, who postulates that Satoshi may have used the Canada cavirtex (acquired by Kraken in 2016) for at least one transaction in the first days of bitcoin.
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On Tuesday, the Blockchain Arkham Intelligence analysis firm revealed that it had added 22,000 additional addresses linked to the alleged mining activities of Satoshi Nakamoto, which raised the total to more than 1,096,354 btc, valued at approximately $ 108 billion. These directions were identified using the well -known “Patoshi Patron”, a blockchain analysis technique that identifies a group of early blocks that Satoshi is believed to have extracted.
Arkham <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/arkham/status/1886820540653936737″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow”>announced Via x: “We have added 22,000 additional sati -target addresses with a total btc balance of 1,096,354 to the Satoshi Nakamoto entity in Arkham. These are derived from a known mining pattern called Patoshi Patron, and include the only (known) directions that Satoshi spent btc. “
Conor Grogan, who serves as director in Coinbase since 2020, used the Arkham data set to perform his own analysis. February 5 <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/jconorgrogan/status/1887154636190093696″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow”>aware A series of findings on x, highlighting several activities that believe they can shed light on the mysterious founder of bitcoin, including evidence of a possible link with an exchange of Canadian cryptocurrencies.
“I went through Satoshi Nakamoto wallets; Thread of new findings … My best assumption is that Satoshi was the last active in 2014 … He may have used a Canadian exchange of btc (!) … Kraken can know Satoshi's identity, “Grogan wrote.
Among Grogan's most striking revelations is that an address labeled as “1pyyj”, which he connects with Satoshi through the Patoshi patterns group, received btc from Cavirex, a Canadian exchange that Kraken then bought in 2016. According to Grogan, ” This address is also associated with funds 12ib, one of the largest active btc addresses of all time, which have 3B of btc today. ”
He argues that if Cavartex really had some personal identification information (KYC data) about 1pyyj or related addresses before Kraken's acquisition, “there is the possibility that Jesse Powell has information about the true identity behind Satoshi.” Grogan joked: “My advice for him would be to delete the data.”
Grogan's analysis also points to 24 outgoing transactions of the directions linked to Pathi's pattern. In particular, 200 btc were sent to an early bitcoin tap in two transactions, reminding the community when affirming that 5 btc was as simple as completing a captcha.
In addition, he pointed out a transfer of 500 btc in 2010 to 1pyyj that could represent “a new documented case of a Satoshi payment”, if the sender were Nakamoto and the recipient a third.
While Grogan's thread underlines growing indications of Satoshi's interaction with a Canadian exchange, it is still cautious when drawing definitive conclusions. He says: “We cannot definitely link these (directions) to Satoshi, but there is good evidence,” and added that these findings slightly weaken the previous theories that point to the Len Sassaman cryptographer. “This is the first set of evidence that I have seen in years that my confidence has diminished that Satoshi was Len (Sassaman),” Grogan wrote.
For now, neither Kraken nor his co -founder Jesse Powell have commented on the matter, leaving observers and researchers to continue reviewing the blockchain day tracks in search of the most infamous pseudonym in the world.
At the time of publication, btc quoted at $ 97,834.
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