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Researchers analyzing Bitcoin’s earliest code discovered an obfuscated data string in irc.cpp that, when decoded, appears to reference a Russian IP address (87.251.146), linked at the time to a Russian ISP called Anders Telecom. This suggests that Satoshi Nakamoto may have used a Russian proxy while developing the first Bitcoin client possibly to conceal their real location or avoid surveillance. Some even tied the same IP to a user named “Sergey,” but this connection is speculative. Experts caution that the encoded string could be a coincidence or simply a formatting reminder, not a hidden message. Overall, the finding is intriguing but far from conclusive, offering a clue about Satoshi’s anonymity rather than proof of identity.

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