https://x.com/pete_rizzo_/<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n In honor of White Paper Day, the latest event, billed as the unveiling of the \u201clegal identity\u201d of Satoshi Nakamoto, attracted a who\u2019s who of press, including the BBC, who were caught up in the Craig Wright scandal in 2016. (Wright was later legally deemed\u00a0not to be Satoshi<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Even that burn didn\u2019t stop their reporters from interviewing the latest man who\u2019s claiming \u2013 without evidence \u2013 that he created Bitcoin, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n This time, our fake Satoshi is Stephan Mollah.<\/p>\n No, it\u2019s not the first time Mollah has pulled this stunt. He sued crypto exchange Coinbase<\/a> all the way back in 2021, claiming that they stole his company name from him, at the time saying that Satoshi Nakamoto was his pseudonym and true identity. <\/p>\n Long story short, the claim was so outlandish there\u2019s even an online investigations company<\/a> that uses Mollah as a way to advertise the effectiveness of their software. <\/p>\n You can follow the thread of the BBC\u2019s reporting for the highlights, they\u2019re full of his inane statements<\/a>, as well as complaints from the reporters about what they had to sit through, including the \u201cincreasingly easy to fake screenshots<\/a>\u201d that he showed.<\/p>\n \u201cI created the Bitcoin technology, but I am not happy with it,\u201d Mollah said. \u201cI have evidence of all of that, but I am here to make the statement.\u201d <\/p>\n Mollah pledged to reveal the true details at some later date, finally showing the event for what it was, an announcement of a fake announcement.<\/p>\n Still, after all the hoopla over HBO\u2019s documentary, which went to extraordinary lengths to fake a convincing Satoshi reveal<\/a> earlier this month, I have to say, Mollah is somehow refreshing. <\/p>\n This is really the way all Satoshi Nakamoto reveals should be \u2013 total sideshows, devoid of any reasonable intrigue. Hopefully, if we get enough of these, we\u2019ll convince the media to end its fruitless search for Satoshi\u2019s true identity.<\/p>\n After all, as Bitcoin Mechanic says<\/a>, isn\u2019t that all he ever asked of us?\u00a0<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjEwMzI1OTk3NDk5NzIxMjk0\/pete-rizzo.png\")
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