Cryptocurrency28 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Not a theft, but a statement: Inside the Bitcoin proposal to reassign Satoshi-l…

Paul Sztorc says he can't move a single sat of Satoshi's bitcoin and isn't trying to. But critics say rewriting forked-chain balances at address…

Paul Sztorc says he can't move a single sat of Satoshi's bitcoin and isn't trying to. But critics say rewriting forked-chain balances at addresses a user does not control sets a bad precedent. A planned August fork called eCash would copy Bitcoin’s ledger and give existing BTC holders equivalent balances on a new chain, while diverting about 500,000 forked coins attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto to early investors. Critics say the plan violates Bitcoin’s core ethic of inviolable pro…

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