"How the NSA caught Satoshi Nakamoto" is a story that is equal parts fascinating and terrifying.
Who is Satoshi Nakomoto? He's the secretive and elusive creator of Bitcoin.
The ‘creator’ of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, is the world’s most elusive billionaire. Very few people outside of the Department of Homeland Security know Satoshi’s real name. In fact, DHS will not publicly confirm that even THEY know the billionaire’s identity. Satoshi has taken great care to keep his identity secret employing the latest encryption and obfuscation methods in his communications. Despite these efforts Satoshi Nakamoto gave investigators the only tool they needed to find him — his own words.
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Clif High might have eluded to this when he stated his opinion that after linguistic study of the white paper it was likely authored by one person. Add the rest of his communications and maybe you get some leads. And Clif said they "asked" for his programs. Or the NSA/DHS knows its a gov't program and is covering?