Investigators and filmmakers alike have struggled for years to come up with a definitive answer to the$ 2 trillion mystery. The search for the true identity of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto has stalled for centuries. &nbsp,

A well-known crypto market executive claims to have discovered recently unreported data about Satoshi Nakamoto’s on-chain activities, which may have given rise to the dark designer’s real name. &nbsp,

Conor Grogan, the head of Coinbase’s solution business operations, reported this week that he had found a number of on-chain transactions connected to a Satoshi-controlled wallet that had exchanged with Cavirtex, a now-defunct consolidated Bitcoin exchange with a Canadian base. &nbsp,

If true, that fact may indicate a major milestone in the chase for Satoshi’s personality. Why? Because the extremely privacy-prone developer was not previously known to possess interacted with unified crypto exchanges—which, usually, require identification verification from all customers. &nbsp,

If Satoshi actually was a Cavirtex client, the change may have collected personally identifiable information, including the developer’s legal name and address—even if, at the time, the French exchange had no clue how essential that data from a seemingly normal user was. &nbsp,

But Cavirtex is no longer operating. The business was incorporated into its system after being taken over by the American bitcoin exchange Kraken in 2016. &nbsp,

But, did Kraken get information about that merger that might help answer one of the most important questions in modern technical background? &nbsp,

That depends. It’s unclear if Cavirtex operated under required know-your-customer needs, or KYC, for all consumers at the time Satoshi does have interacted with the exchange—or if Kraken retained Cavirtex’s KYC information post-acquisition. requested a comment on the issue from a Kraken agent, but they did not respond right away.

It does seem, nevertheless, that as early as December 2013—when Coinbase’s Grogan says Satoshi received Bitcoins from Cavirtex—the Canadian trade was now making a point of enforcing KYC for all users. Back then, when bitcoin was still an extremely fresh and border field, some Bitcoin exchanges skirted for requirements. &nbsp,

But evidently not Cavirtex. &nbsp,

A well-known online Bitcoin conference described the trade as having” stricter KYC policies,” which is comparable in robustness to those of Coinbase and Kraken around the same time as Satoshi’s claimed Cavirtex transaction. &nbsp,

Only in June 2014, roughly six weeks after Satoshi reportedly spoke with Cavirtex, did French rules require crypto exchanges to gather customer data. &nbsp,

However, it seems as though Cavirtex has already been carrying out user assessments in this way. The same week Canada passed that bitcoin rules, the trade declared it was already maintaining a “proactive” KYC plan. &nbsp,

If Satoshi’s identity was actually obtained during the transfer, it’s possible that Kraken inherited that information and still has it. &nbsp,

Grogan’s says about Satoshi have just recently been addressed in a somewhat cheeky way by the change. When Grogan posted his observations about the Bitcoin father on Wednesday, Kraken’s X accounts responded nebulously:” We are all Satoshi”.

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