Mysterious Project Created By Litecoin Founder Raises Rumors He Is Satoshi Nakamoto

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A mysterious countdown project appeared on the MIT website featuring Litecoin. Although there were no details given about what the project is, a big Litecoin logo appeared on the screen with an announcement date of August 1, 2017.

Litecoin founder = Bitcoin creator?

Due to this, there were some of his followers who speculated whether or not Charlie Lee, Litecoin creator, is also the original creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Although there is no proof that Lee is Nakamoto, rumors have slowly been circulating reaching community websites such as Reddit.

In a Reddit post, one user gave some theories as to why Lee is indeed the creator of Bitcoin as well as some theories as to why he created Litecoin after Bitcoin.

According to the Reddit user Jaw709, one of the most convincing arguments to prove this theory is Lee’s Twitter name. The Twitter name first created in 2008, was changed from X to SatoshiLite upon Litecoin's creation. This change is somewhat of a key indication that he is associated with a Satoshi (possibly Satoshi Nakamoto).

Lee outed?

Although the mysterious project countdown has the mark of Litecoin, it seems that Lee does not have any idea of it. According to a tweet by Lee, he is in the dark as to what this project is and suggests that it could be related to MIT’s lighting program. In a follow-up tweet, he also suggested that it could be a hoax made by a student in MIT and urged people to be wary of it.

While Lee seems to have no idea as to what is going on, he also seems not to mind the rumors floating that he is Satoshi Nakamoto. In another tweet which features those rumors, he simply replied “I’ve been outed :P” in a joking manner. Is Lee also Satoshi? Your guess is as good as m

Source:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/mysterious-project-created-by-litecoin-founder-raises-rumors-he-is-satoshi-nakamoto

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Interesting post.
Have a follow.

im a litecoin fan mate ;) thanks for sharing

I doubt it. I think more a Nick Szabo kinda of guy created it.

Hahaaa if Lee=Nakamoto ;)
Something isnt right, resigning from coinbase and concentrating on litecoin and there comes this rumour...i smell something big for litecoin

I had a dream about being Satoshi, does that mean I'm Satoshi?

Because that tenuous logic is about the same level as what is presented in the article.

Changing a twitter name is hardly grounds for someone's identity. So I'm surprised that anyone would argue that it holds water.

There have been many attempts to identify who Satoshi is. I question the motive in this case, it wouldn't lend any strengths to know who was responsible -- in fact it would be a vulnerability.

See what happened recently with the death hoax of Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum. Do you really want to open up a possibility where a death rumor can affect price dramatically?

It makes no sense to pursue this obsession with identifying Satoshi Nakamoto.

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