This wild Satoshi theory links Paul LeRoux, Craig Wright, and Calvin Ayre
Following the release last week of an HBO documentary naming Peter Todd as Satoshi, renewed speculation around the whereabouts of the Bitcoin creator’s private keys has breathed new life into an old theory involving gambling magnate Calvin Ayre, ex-crime boss Paul LeRoux, and one of the Bitcoin community’s earliest participants, Craig Wright. The theory, which first did the rounds back in 2018, casts doubt on the conventional understanding of the relationship between Ayre — who has been trying to get his hands on Satoshi’s private keys for some time — and Wright, who is now best known for lying about being the pseudonymous Bitcoin mastermind. Most people assume that Wright simply fooled Ayre into believing he was Satoshi and the rightful owner of billions of dollars worth of bitcoin. Indeed, mainstream narratives cast Ayre as a sort of victim, duped out of business and legal expenses by a brilliant computer scientist dangling Satoshi’s pot of bitcoin riches at the end of their rain