Seán Murray's New Claims: Is Jack Dorsey the Man Behind Bitcoin?

Seán Murray, head of a financial news site deBanked, lays out a series of details linking Dorsey to Bitcoin’s early history in a February 15 post on X.

One of the most striking connections is that the first-ever Bitcoin transaction took place on January 11—Dorsey’s mother’s birthday. Similarly, the last block attributed to Satoshi was mined on March 5, 2010, which happens to be Dorsey’s father’s birthday.

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Additionally, he claims Satoshi signed up for the Bitcoin forum on November 19—Dorsey’s birthday. He also notes that the original Bitcoin source code documents are all timestamped at exactly 4 AM, a time Dorsey once included in his Twitter bio.

Another alleged link is the way Bitcoin addresses were created. According to Murray, Satoshi used a “brute force” method to generate addresses, one of which starts with “jD2m”. He believes this stands for “Jack Dorsey 2 Mint”, referring to Dorsey’s former home at 2 Mint Plaza in San Francisco.

Murray also revisits a 2014 hack of Satoshi’s “GMX” email account. He claims the hacker attempted to blackmail Satoshi by revealing that he knew about a connection to St. Louis—Dorsey’s hometown.

Dorsey, known for co-founding Twitter and Square, has been a strong Bitcoin supporter for years. However, he has denied being Satoshi. When asked directly in an April 2020 interview with Lex Fridman, he responded, “No, and if I were, would I tell you?”

Meanwhile, recent research by Conor Grogan suggested that Satoshi Nakamoto could have a fortune larger than Bill Gates. What did he say? Read the full story.