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Paul Le Roux is a promising candidate except for one thing: by 2009 he was running his crime empire branching in pretty much every direction possible. Would he
by sireat 7y ago
Paul Le Roux is a promising candidate except for one thing:
by 2009 he was running his crime empire branching in pretty much every direction possible.
Would he have had time to write the software and also kick back to play the part of Satoshi?
It would be interesting to compare the coding style in E4M and original BTC software.
PS. Fascinating series of articles on Paul Le Roux: https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind
- trixie_ 7y agoI think so. If you look at the total amount of code, his total emails and forum posts - there really isn't much. I wouldn't put it past him as a side project given his past. Also most of the code was done by the beginning of 2009 and he stopped posting at the end of 2010. It wasn't until 2012 he was arrested. Given that he was already wealthy and didn't need the attention - he had good reason to stay anonymous.