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Last night, an anonymous poster published a ransom note on Pastebin, saying he or she would release the identity of Bitcoin's mysterious creator, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, in exchange for 25 bitcoins.... While Savaged says he is certain he has uncovered the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, he told me he has "no plans yet" to release his identity to the public. And while Motherboard cannot verify whether or not the first person we spoke with is, in fact, Nakamoto, Savaged insists he has not shared the password with anyone else. Because of the difficulty in truly verifying anyone's identity, especially if multiple people have access to Nakamoto's account, the hack has produced a truly bizarre scenario, and it may only be the beginning. If this security breach has, in fact, led to a hacker gaining the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, it could have a massive impact on the cryptocurrency economy. If not, it only adds to the mystery of Satoshi. How could a hacker get access to 11,000 emails in one individual's inbox and not discover his true identity? Only a genius, one who could program their own virtual currency, could be that careful. But then again, nobody's perfect. Source: <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/jp5dk8/the-satoshi-nakamoto-email-hacker-says-hes-negotiating-with-the-bitcoin-founder?utm_source=reddit.com" target="_blank">motherboard.vice.com</a>