David Schwartz Confirms He “Optimized” Bitcoin Code In 2011
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January 11, 2022 5:52 pm
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This story just keeps getting better and better…
David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) he claimed he is 100% “not Satoshi” and yet circumstances keep getting weirder!
Back in December, wrote an article asking if Joel Katz was Satoshi Nakamoto.
Then the impossible happened: Schwartz himself replied to our story!
Take a look:
I have almost the entire skill set needed to have been Satoshi. It's certainly plausible that I was part of a group. But, nevertheless, it's not true. I didn't find out about Bitcoin until 2011.
— 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚣 (@JoelKatz) December 7, 2021
Oh David, what a tease!
Then he really amped it up next when a reader asked him if would admit to being Satoshi if he really was, to which he answered with this beauty:
To be honest, I wouldn't.
— 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚣 (@JoelKatz) December 7, 2021
So it’s clear he’s having a a lot of fun teasing about this story..
What’s not clear is whether he is, in fact Satoshi, or as he even suggests maybe he was part of the group?
Today we get another piece to the puzzle as he is placed one step closer to the Bitcoin Genesis Block.
From @TAIG:
🚨 👀 @JoelKatz was an early developer/cryptographer who contributed code to @Bitcoin. @digitalassetbuy @JohnEDeaton1 @Ripple @XRPNews_ @XRP_OWL @XrpYoda @_XRpizza @stedas @XrpMr @XRPcryptowolf @XRPisOurFuture @BlackberryXRP @CGrady92 @sentosumosaba #XRP pic.twitter.com/AJOkYcfovW
— TAIG (@TAIGxrp) September 29, 2021
And from Tiffany Hayden on Github:
Oh hey, look at that! I was checking out #Bitcoin code contributors & discovered @JoelKatz! Very cool.$XRP #Ripplehttps://t.co/8iYMD8zarG pic.twitter.com/RG4ENR3l2p
— 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗 (@haydentiff) July 17, 2017
Schwartz responded again, admitting he “did some work optimizing the code” for Bitcoin in 2011:
— 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗 (@haydentiff) December 30, 2021
What type of a genius do you have to be to “optimize” the Bitcoin code back in 2011?
The legend continues.
Perhaps even more mysterious than @JoelKatz is the never-before-seen Arthur Britto.
Britto has been said to be equally a genius and adding to his mystery is the fact no one seems to know who he is.
Were Schwartz and Britto two of the key players who created Bitcoin as “Satoshi”?
It’s looking more and more likely with each passing day.
Imagine if you created not only XRP but also Bitcoin.
An incredible legacy.
A living legend.
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