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by abricot 2021 days ago
I wonder if there is any verification
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He is assumed to have mined many coins back in the beginning and he can verify himself by spending them.
It's not necessary to spend to verify, the Bitcoin protocol allows a signed message to demonstrate ownership of the private key for an address.
They are unlikely to do so since those coins are massively looked upon and they're very careful about not disclosing their identity.