Not many are convinced Craig Wright is the real 'Father of Bitcoin'

WTF, bitcoin?

The identity of bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto continues to be one big dramatic, confusing question mark.

On Monday, The BBC and The Economist and GQ all reported that Australian businessman Craig Steven Wright made a very credible claim to be Nakamoto.

Backed by a blog post by Wright — and with the support of Bitcoin Foundation chief scientist Gavin Andresen — it looked like we might finally know the identity of one of technology’s most elusive figures.

Wright, you may recall, was previously pegged as Nakamoto in reports from Wired and Gizmodo last year. Those reports were immediately scrutinized, with Wired later reporting it felt Wright’s claim of creating bitcoin may have just been an elaborate hoax Read more...