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He is assumed to have mined many coins back in the beginning and he can verify himself by spending them.

• znpy 6y ago
  They are unlikely to do so since those coins are massively looked upon and they're very careful about not disclosing their identity.
• lozf 6y ago
  It's not necessary to spend to verify, the Bitcoin protocol allows a signed message to demonstrate ownership of the private key for an address.