{"id":109081,"date":"2019-06-29T03:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T10:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=109081"},"modified":"2019-12-05T02:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T02:48:22","slug":"litecoin-and-digibyte-founders-cryptographically-proved-they-created-their-blockchains-why-cant-craig-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/litecoin-and-digibyte-founders-cryptographically-proved-they-created-their-blockchains-why-cant-craig-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Litecoin and DigiByte founders cryptographically proved they created their blockchains, why can’t Craig Wright?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2016, Charlie Lee<\/a> and Jared Tate<\/a>, the creators of Litecoin<\/a> and DigiByte<\/a>, cryptographically proved they were the creators of their blockchain platforms in less than a minute. If\u00a0Craig Wright<\/a>\u00a0is truly Satoshi Nakamoto as he claims, why doesn't he do the same on the Bitcoin blockchain?<\/p>\n

A single signature could end the Craig Wright saga once and for all<\/h2>\n

It has been more than three years since Craig Wright became the main focus of the crypto world by declaring he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the true creator of Bitcoin. And while the Australian programmer<\/i> certainly wanted to make a big entrance, the community reaction has been less than welcoming, to say the least.<\/p>\n

Some, of course, believed Wright and the vague and mostly circumstantial evidence he has so far provided is sufficient to back his claims. And, a small group of people, oftentimes supporters of\u00a0Bitcoin SV<\/a>, do indeed believe these claims.<\/p>\n

The majority, however, found Wright's claims to be nothing short of absurd. Of course, that didn't stop Wright from making dozens of public appearances, giving countless interviews, and authoring numerous blog posts where he elaborated about his involvement in the creation of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

All of that could have been avoided, though, if Wright just used the key of Bitcoin's Genesis Block to sign a message. The genesis block is the first<\/a> block of the blockchain\u2014with block height 0.\u00a0 By signing a message using the keys of the Genesis Block, Craig could once and for all prove he possesses the key which only Satoshi has access to.<\/p>\n

Actual blockchain creators showed Wright how to prove he invented Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

This was something Charlie Lee and Jared Tate, the respective creators of Litecoin and DigiBytes, knew even back in 2016. More than three years ago, Lee tried to put an end to Wright's ludicrous claims by showing him how a blockchain creator can prove his identity.<\/p>\n

On May 2, 2016, Lee used the key of Litecoin's original block to sign a message saying “I, Charlie Lee, am the creator of Bitcoin.”<\/p>\n

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Here's my proof. Simple. No need to have a proof ceremony and a long blog post.https:\/\/t.co\/icmGGTKPsZ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Charlie Lee [LTC\u26a1] (@SatoshiLite) May 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n