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⚡️⚡️ LAST MINUTE: Crypto Twitter is exploding with rumors that the person in the photo could be Satoshi Nakamoto (founder of #Bitcoin) - and the name at the center of the storm is Daira Emma Hopwood. 👀
Daira is a cryptographer and blockchain engineer, known as one of the first members of the Zcash/Electric Coin Company (ECC) team.
🔹 The ECC 2019 profile lists her as "core team member and blockchain engineer. **
🔹 There is a post where Satoshi Nakamoto mentions Hopwood by name, although it is not clear if it is proof of any link.
🔹 In an August 13, 2010 post, Satoshi discussed "key blinders" and group signatures - the exact kind of cryptographic work Daira focused on in Zcash, involving blind keys and private transactions.
🔹 Theories also cite British spelling and GMT-time activity in Satoshi's early posts - possibly hinting at a connection to the UK.
What do you think?
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