史蒂芬莫拉 (Stephen Mollah)，最新一位聲稱發明了比特幣的人物

戴著彩色頭巾、迷彩褲、黑色西裝外套和長長的灰色鬍鬚——一個名叫斯蒂芬·莫拉的男人成為了最新的角色

A man named Stephen Mollah has claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin, unveiling his identity at an event in London on Oct. 31. About a dozen journalists gathered at the Front Line Club after being promised they would finally meet the real Satoshi Nakamoto.

一位名叫史蒂芬·莫拉(Stephen Mollah) 的男子自稱是比特幣的發明者，並於10 月31 日在倫敦舉行的一次活動中公佈了自己的身份。會見到真正的中本聰後聚集在前線俱樂部。

However, from the beginning, many journalists were skeptical of the claims, especially given the hefty price tag to attend the event and ask questions of the supposed billionaire mystery man.

然而，從一開始，許多記者就對這些說法表示懷疑，特別是考慮到參加活動並向這位所謂的億萬富翁神秘人提問的高昂費用。

BBC News reporter Joe Tidy live-tweeted the event on X, and his tweets provide a first-hand account of the unfolding scene. According to The Financial Times, the presentation from Mollah and event organizer Charles Anderson kicked off by testing the microphone with the classic: “Testicles, one, two, three.”

BBC 新聞記者 Joe Tidy 在 X 上直播了這一事件，他的推文提供了對這一場景的第一手報導。根據英國《金融時報》報道，莫拉和活動組織者查爾斯·安德森的演講以測試麥克風開始，用經典的“睾丸，一，二，三”。

Apparently, Anderson went on to monologue about how he invented “energy recovery systems” in cars and appeared on Britain’s Got Talent. At least one reporter had already walked out by this point.

顯然，安德森繼續獨白他如何發明汽車“能量回收系統”，並出現在英國達人秀節目中。此時至少有一名記者已經走了出去。

After 40 minutes, Mollah took to the stage dressed like an eccentric grandpa, finally revealing himself to be Satoshi Nakamoto — or so he claimed. Among Mollah’s various reported words of wisdom were him saying that he is a “business person who does business,” and an economic and monetary scientist before claiming he is Satoshi.

40 分鐘後，Mollah 打扮得像個古怪的爺爺，最後表明自己是中本聰——至少他是這麼聲稱的。在莫拉的各種智慧之言中，他說自己是“做生意的商人”，也是一位經濟和貨幣科學家，然後才聲稱自己是中本聰。

A representative from BitMEX Research also said that Mollah claimed to invent the Twitter logo, the Eurobond and the “ChatGPT protocol” during the bizarre event.

BitMEX Research 的代表也表示，Mollah 聲稱在這次離奇事件中發明了 Twitter 標誌、歐洲債券和「ChatGPT 協議」。

But when it came to providing proof of his so-called claims, Mollah reportedly fell short. According to DL News, Mollah sped through screenshots of Nakamoto’s posts on a Bitcoin forum from nearly 16 years ago, which Tidy pointed out were “easy to fake.”

但據報道，在提供其所謂主張的證據時，莫拉卻未能做到這一點。根據 DL News 報道，Mollah 快速瀏覽了近 16 年前中本聰在比特幣論壇上發文的截圖，Tidy 指出這些貼文「很容易偽造」。

Mollah, however, claimed they were “timestamped” and that he has “paper copies,” which, according to him, proves he published them… somehow.

然而，莫拉聲稱它們帶有“時間戳”，並且他有“紙質副本”，據他說，這證明他以某種方式出版了它們。

Tidy said he then asked Mollah to do a live transfer of Nakamoto’s famed “Genesis coins” on stage. But Mollah said he didn’t have the keys to those early Bitcoin wallets, which had been split into eight parts and put on eight computers “around the world.”

蒂迪說，他隨後要求莫拉在舞台上現場轉移中本聰著名的「創世幣」。但莫拉表示，他沒有那些早期比特幣錢包的鑰匙，這些錢包被分成八個部分，並放置在「世界各地」的八台電腦上。

He also said groups were chasing him to try to hack his devices for the massive crypto haul.

他還表示，有團體正在追捕他，試圖破解他的設備以獲取大量加密貨幣。

Mollah is the latest in a line of would-be Nakamotos whose claims or evidence have fallen flat. Earlier this month, an HBO documentary slotted inaccurate information together to claim Canadian Bitcoin dev Peter Todd was the Bitcoin maker, which he denied.

莫拉是一系列可能成為中本聰的人中最新的一個，但他們的主張或證據都已落空。本月早些時候，HBO 的一部紀錄片將不準確的資訊放在一起，聲稱加拿大比特幣開發者 Peter Todd 是比特幣的製造者，但他否認了這一點。

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright was another long-time Nakamoto claimant with no evidence. In March, England’s High Court ruled he wasn’t the Bitcoin inventor, and Wright later admitted as much.

澳洲電腦科學家克雷格·賴特（Craig Wright）是另一位長期對中本聰提出索賠但沒有證據的人。今年三月，英格蘭高等法院裁定他不是比特幣發明者，賴特後來也承認了這一點。

Mollah and Anderson are also in a legal fight over their claim, with a private prosecution by alleged victim Dlmit Dohil accusing the pair of dishonestly claiming that Mollah was Nakamoto, which exposed him to a risk of loss, per an Oct. 10 report in the London Standard.

Mollah 和Anderson 也就他們的主張展開了法律鬥爭，根據《華爾街日報》10 月10 日的報道，據稱受害人Dlmit Dohil 提起自訴，指控兩人不誠實地聲稱Mollah 是中本聰，這使他面臨損失的風險。

Both pleaded not guilty to fraud by false representation last month at a London crown court and were given bail with a trial set for Nov. 3, 2025.

上個月，兩人在倫敦皇家法院對虛假陳述欺詐罪不認罪，並獲得保釋，審判定於 2025 年 11 月 3 日進行。