Post created on 11/15/2022 On the forum website bitcointalk.org, the creator of the thread asked people to share the signatures associated with some of the oldest Bitcoin blocks mined. Eleven days later, a newly created bitcointalk.org profile called “Onesignature” shared a signed message linked to a very old block reward created on January 19th, 2009. The key was associated with Bitcoin block 1,018 created 16 days later. Satoshi Nakamoto launched the network.
An unknown individual signed a message associated with a block reward created on January 19, 2009
An unknown known as “Onesignature” A bitcointalk.org user signed a message associated with Bitcoin Block 1,018, a very old Bitcoin block reward created on January 19, 2009. “User ‘Onesignature’ appeared and posted the signature of the key associated with block #1,018,” Cobra tweeted. “For context, there are probably only a handful of people in the world who could sign with the January 2009 key,” he added Cobra .
A post on bitcointalk.org where a signed message shared by user Onesignature to bitcoin address was first seen on December 2, 2022.BTC Address ‘1E9Yw’ has had several dust transactions sent to its wallet since the date it was first confirmed. The signature (HCsBcgB+Wcm8kOGMH8IpNeg0H4gjCrlqwDf/GlSXphZGBYxm0QkKEPhh9DTJRp2IDNUhVr0FhP9qCqo2W0recNM=) is associated with Bitcoin address “1NChf“. This address held block rewards (1,018) in its wallet until June 14, 2011.
In addition, one user noted that the mined coins transferred in 2011 also had “the private key of the address mined before the above address.” discovered. The poster wondered if the Onesignature was actually Satoshi Nakamoto, but Cobra said on Twitter that the address was not on the “Patoshi Block”, a block associated with the creator of Bitcoin, but ” The chances of it being Satoshi are low.”
“Many people could have mined bitcoin this quickly, but overwhelming evidence suggests that very few actually did,” says Cobra. } added. “Bitcoin was seen as an obscure, irrelevant and silly idea. Why would you install a random .exe?” The pseudonymous whistleblower , known as, said that the old address may have been purchased from someone later. Fatman shares an old screenshot from bitcointalk.org, showing someone pointing out that “many old keys have been sold or leaked.”
Additionally, a Twitter account was found to exist and use the name “@onesignature“. His Twitter account, named “Andy,” was created by accident in October 2009, and the account’s profile picture reads, “Don’t trust anyone.”
In a bitcointalk.org thread, one user also mentioned that the signed address was associated with many block rewards, mentioning and Andy I took the picture in a Forbes article written by Greenberg. This article is about Hal Finney, one of Bitcoin’s early adopters. Bitcointalk.org members also speculate that the address is somehow associated with the now-deceased Bitcoin developer.
In replying to Fatman on Friday, Cobra saidthat Onesignature was “about to be overwhelmed with massive offers if you bought the January 2009 keys.” “Somebody’s about to make a bold statement,” added Cobra .
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