If what Craig Steven Wright said is true, he might have solved the greatest question ever asked on the Internet: Who is the creator of Bitcoin?
Wright, an Australian tech entrepreneur, says that he is the founder of Bitcoin.
However, analysts and experts are divided over whether he is really saying the truth or not. Is he the real person who has used the name "Satoshi Nakamoto" to hide his real identity?
Craig Steven Wright, a 45-year-old Aussie from Brisbane, contacted BBC to reveal his identity. GQ and the Economist have confirmed the previous claims made by a number of technology publications in 2015.
It is also said that prominent members of the Bitcoin family, along with the leaders of the Bitcoin Foundation, had validated the claim of Wright that he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
"I was the main part of it, other people helped me," said Wright in the BBC interview. He now resides somewhere in London.
"Some people will believe, some people won't, and to tell you the truth, I don't really care," he added.
On Monday, a blog post confirmed that he is the man behind the online alias Satoshi Nakamoto, who was widely known as the creator of Bitcoin. The blog post is mainly technical and explained how to verify cryptographic keys that can be accessed to help prove one's identity -- in this case, proving that Wright is indeed Satoshi.
In the post, Wright said: "Satoshi is dead. But this is only the beginning."
Wright also told BBC that he never intended to step forward to "be the public face" of Bitcoin.
"There are lots of stories out there that have been made up and I don't like it hurting those people I care about," he says. "I don't want any of them to be impacted by this," he said.
Skeptics are not convinced saying he needs to do more than this to prove his identity. However, Gavin Andersen, Bitcoin Foundation chief scientist said he is "convinced beyond reasonable doubt."
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