‘Satoshi’ X account tweets for first time in months, community notes shuts it down

A long-dormant X account allegedly belonging to pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto posted again this week, only to be shot down almost immediately by a community note claiming it “has nothing to do with Bitcoin or it’s [sic] anonymous creator.”

The X (formerly Twitter) account using the @Satoshi handle was created in May 2018 but was quiet for five years between October 2018 and October 2023.

However, on Thursday at 10:34 pm, it rose from the dead to post simply “Hello world,” much to the excitement of many X users. Sadly, any dreams of the post being the work of the real Satoshi were seemingly crushed just an hour later when anonymous user ‘Funny Beech Conebill’ submitted the community note.

Hello world.

— s (@satoshi) January 18, 2024

It claimed, “Craig S Wright, a person who lied under oath & lies about being Satoshi Nakamoto, reportedly controlled this account at one time.” They added that he supposedly lost control of the account but noted that this was just speculation.

Andy Rowe, who reportedly shares access to the @Satoshi account and is a supporter of Craig Wright’s Nakamoto claim, was quoted in the note. It was linked to his claim that the account was hacked on January 1, 2024.

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