Crypto CEO Adds Layer Of Mystery To Identity Of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

Cryptocurrency is a rising industry and at its forefront is Bitcoin, the world's first and largest crypto in terms of market capitalization. But the identity of its presumed creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is still veiled in mystery. And while no one has solved or cracked the mystery of the man behind the name, a crypto CEO threw in some more layers of enigma to the enduring mystery, saying that the creator could be a woman.

The first-ever Bitcoin was mined on Jan. 3, 2009, by someone who goes by the name Satoshi Nakamoto and since then, they have been recognized as the pseudonymous creator of the decentralized digital currency that has rocked the financial world. The invisible figure behind BTC remains a mystery, but Nicola Mendelsohn, the vice president of Meta, may have an idea about the founder.

"I will give you one: Satoshi Nakamoto. I mean, we all assume it’s a man, right? Is that our bias? It’s just a name — it could well be a woman," Mendelsohn said during the World Economic Council 2022 panel titled “Why Web3 Needs Women at the Forefront," where she was joined by Global Blockchain Business Council CEO Sandra Ro, Harvard Business School’s Sarah Endline and Splunk government relations head Bill Wright.

Cointelegraph editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, who moderated the panel, mentioned she "believes the creator of Bitcoin is a group of people comprising both men and women rather than an individual." Unfortunately, that's all there is currently known about Bitcoin and Nakamoto and the executives' views only add more mystery to the identity of the Bitcoin founder.

A lot of individuals have been linked to Nakamoto and one of them is Dorian Nakamoto, who, according to an article in March 2014, shared several similarities with the pseudonymous BTC creator, including their Japanese links and their libertarian leanings.

Another personality many suspected to be Nakamoto is the Australian scientist Craig Wright. An article published in December 2015 found pieces of evidence with references to cryptocurrency paper and some more on Wright's blog. Another name linked to Nakamoto is the computer engineer and legal scholar Nick Szabo, who was credited with pioneering the smart paper concept in 1996.

Despite many efforts to uncover the identity of the Bitcoin founder, they have remained and proven elusive.

BTC was trading down 1.15% at $29,792.82 with a 24-hour volume of $27,135,619,301 as of 11:58 p.m. ET on Wednesday, based on data from CoinMarketCap.