Florian Cafiero

2 entries

Event March 25, 2014 Added May 3, 2026 Updated October 14, 2026 Analysis

Was Hal Finney Satoshi? — RPOW's author, with a real Satoshi Nakamoto living blocks from his door

Hal Finney ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, Dorian Nakamoto, Fran Finney, Andy Greenberg, Jameson Lopp, Florian Cafiero, Sergio Demian Lerner, Wei Dai

He built RPOW, received the first Bitcoin transaction, and lived blocks from Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto. The evidence for Hal Finney as Satoshi, weighed.

Event April 8, 2026 Added May 1, 2026 Updated October 15, 2026 Analysis

Was Adam Back Satoshi? — Hashcash's inventor, Satoshi's first contact, the NYT's top stylometric match

Adam Back ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto, John Carreyrou, Florian Cafiero, Wei Dai

Hashcash's inventor and the first person Satoshi contacted. In April 2026 the NYT named him the closest stylometric match among 620 cryptography-mailing-list writers. The evidence, weighed.