2015.12.09 比特币创造者背后的谜团终于结束了吗？

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Is the Mystery Behind Bitcoin’s Creator Finally Over?
Australian police raided the house of a man identified by Wired and Gizmodo as Satoshi Nakamoto.

By Krishnadev Calamur

Australian Federal Police officers walk down the driveway of the man identified as the creator of Bitcoin.  (David Gray / Reuters)
DECEMBER 9, 2015
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On Tuesday, Wired and Gizmodo both named a man they said could be one of the people behind Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin. On Wednesday, Australian Federal Police raided the home of a Sydney-based technology entrepreneur named in both those stories.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported police raided the home of Craig Steven Wright, 44, on a warrant issued by the Australian Taxation Office. The raid, the broadcaster said, is not believed to be connected to the reports in Wired and Gizmodo that linked Wright to Bitcoin.

The publications reported that Wright developed Bitcoin along with Dave Kleiman, an American computer-forensics expert who died in 2013. The publications both used documents, leaked emails, interviews, and a transcript of a meeting reportedly between Wright and Australian tax officials in order to make the connection.


In the transcript cited by Wired, Wright says: “I did my best to try and hide the fact that I’ve been running bitcoin since 2009. By the end of this I think half the world is going to bloody know.”

The appeal of the bitcoin is that it’s not regulated by a central bank, but by computers that run P2P software. Each unit of the currency is currently worth about $417 to the dollar. For a more detailed explanation, go here.

Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity has been an Internet obsession ever since Bitcoin came into existence in 2009. There have been several theories about its creator, most recently last year when Newsweek reported—erroneously—that Nakamoto was, in fact, a Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, a physicist living in California.

Wired acknowledged that it too could be wrong about Wright’s link to the currency, but added: “If Wright is seeking to fake his Nakamoto connection, his hoax would be practically as ambitious as Bitcoin itself.”

Krishnadev Calamur is a former senior editor at The Atlantic. He is the author of Murder in Mumbai.



比特币创造者背后的谜团终于结束了吗？
澳大利亚警方搜查了被《连线》和Gizmodo认定为中本聪的男子的房子。

作者：Krishnadev Calamur

澳大利亚联邦警察走在被认定为比特币创造者的男子的车道上。 (David Gray / Reuters)
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周二，《连线》和Gizmodo都点出了一个人的名字，他们说这可能是虚拟货币比特币的神秘创造者中本聪背后的人之一。周三，澳大利亚联邦警察突袭了这两篇报道中提到的一位悉尼科技企业家的家。

澳大利亚广播公司报道说，警方根据澳大利亚税务局发出的搜查令，搜查了44岁的克雷格-史蒂文-赖特的家。广播公司说，这次突袭据信与《连线》和Gizmodo的报道无关，这些报道将莱特与比特币联系起来。

这两份出版物报道说，赖特与2013年去世的美国计算机取证专家戴夫-克莱曼(Dave Kleiman)一起开发了比特币。这两份出版物都使用了文件、泄露的电子邮件、采访以及据说是赖特和澳大利亚税务官员之间的会议记录，以建立这种联系。


在《连线》引用的记录中，赖特说："我尽了最大努力，试图掩盖我从2009年开始经营比特币的事实。到最后，我想一半的人都会知道。"

比特币的吸引力在于，它不受中央银行的监管，而是由运行P2P软件的计算机来监管。每个单位的货币目前价值约为417美元兑1美元。如需更详细的解释，请点击这里。

自从2009年比特币出现以来，中本聪的身份一直是互联网上的一个迷。关于它的创造者已经有了几种理论，最近的一次是去年《新闻周刊》报道--错误地说是中本聪，事实上是居住在加利福尼亚的物理学家多里安-中本聪。

连线》杂志承认，关于莱特与该货币的联系，它也可能是错误的，但补充说："如果莱特试图伪造他与中本聪的联系，他的骗局实际上就像比特币本身一样雄心勃勃。"

Krishnadev Calamur是《大西洋》杂志的前高级编辑。他是《孟买谋杀案》的作者。