Oh dear, the crypto world has exploded again—DOJ released several million pages of Epstein documents (the latest batch in February 2026), which mentioned a lot of Bitcoin-related matters, and everyone instantly thought: Wow, could Epstein be Satoshi?!

Don't rush into conspiracy theories; let me clarify the facts and explain how absurd this matter really is (friendly for beginners, just chatting):

1. Epstein indeed had some involvement with Bitcoin, but it was all through 'outsider' operations:

- In 2014, he invested in Blockstream's seed round through Joi Ito (that guy from MIT Media Lab), around 500,000 dollars (he sold it a few months later, Adam Back personally clarified: we have no financial relationship with him anymore).

- He also invested $3 million in Coinbase, when Coinbase was only valued at $400 million. Now it's worth hundreds of billions; if he had held onto it, he would have likely become a billionaire... Unfortunately, he's gone.

- Around 2015, he donated over $500,000 to the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, which indirectly supported some Bitcoin Core developers (at that time, the Bitcoin Foundation was nearly bankrupt).

2. The most explosive email (that one from October 2016):

- Epstein was promoting a 'Sharia-compliant digital currency,' bragging, 'I've talked to the founders of Bitcoin (note the plural!) and they're super excited.'

- This statement directly ignited the 'multiple Satoshis' theory—Satoshi was never a single person, but rather a collective alias of a small group of cypherpunk big shots?

3. But where's the hard evidence? Zero!

- Not a single email proves he wrote a line of code, mined the genesis block, or touched that 1 million BTC in Satoshi's wallet.

- The rumor online that 'Epstein emailed Maxwell: Satoshi's alias is perfect, our little digital gold mine'? False, it has been fact-checked and debunked.

- He tried to contact early developers like Gavin Andresen (the maintainer after Satoshi's handover) and Amir Taaki, but it felt like rich people wanting to ride the hype, and others didn't pay much attention.

- There was even an email saying he invited Adam Back to 'Little St. James Island' for the weekend... Adam Back later publicly stated: I didn't go, the conflict was too great.

Novel idea (my own thought, don't take it seriously):

People like Epstein want to stick their fingers in everything—finance, technology, politics, island parties. His interest in Bitcoin seems more like 'seeing a new toy and wanting to buy it' rather than 'inventing it.'

If Satoshi really had contact with him, his social circle would have exposed it long ago (think about his connections with big shots like Bill Gates and Larry Summers).

It might actually be: Satoshis (the Cypherpunk circle) intentionally remained anonymous to prevent this kind of 'rich big shot' from stirring the pot. Epstein invested some money and boasted a bit, but when the documents came out, people instead thought: Dude, you're still miles away from the core.

In summary: Epstein is not Satoshi; at most, he is a peripheral financier who 'wanted to be a sponsor but didn't make it.'

The amazing thing about Bitcoin is right here—code is open, anyone can see it, anyone can contribute, but the founder is well-hidden, not even this level of gossip can reveal their true identity.