Emerging After 14 Years, XRP Founder Suspected to Be Satoshi Nakamoto


The public was shocked by a transfer of Bitcoin worth US$8.6 billion from a wallet that had been inactive for 14 years recently. This event occurred just a few weeks after Ripple Founder and XRP Ledger Arthur Britto suddenly reappeared on social media after 14 years of disappearance.
Britto appeared suddenly coinciding with the surge in the price of XRP to its highest level since 2017. However, he only uploaded a face emoji without a mouth on his X account, which he created in 2011 but has never used until now.
This has sparked wild speculation from the crypto community. Some social media users have begun to assume that Satoshi last appeared in April 2011, then David Schwartz started building the XRP Ledger in May 2011, and Britto created the X account in August 2011.
Schwartz himself has clarified that he is not Satoshi Nakamoto. However, Britto's emergence since 2011 and the event of transferring Bitcoin from an old wallet has led the public to assume that he seems to be implying something.
Eight old wallets transferred 10,000 BTC each to new addresses in a modern format, which is said to be a precautionary measure against future technological threats such as quantum computing.
The speculation that Arthur Britto might be Satoshi Nakamoto is growing, especially as some XRP enthusiasts continue to believe that the figure of Satoshi has been hidden in plain sight all along.
The true identity of the owner of the transferred Bitcoin wallet remains a mystery. However, there are other speculations suggesting that the asset may belong to Roger Ver, a veteran Bitcoin investor.
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· 07-24 06:17
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